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1.04 Ct. Bluish Green Sapphire from Tanzania
This loose stone ships by Sep 16
Item ID: | S43742 |
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Dimensions (MM): help | Length: 5.6 Width: 5.37 Height: 4.16 |
Weight: | 1.04 Ct. |
Color: help | Bluish Green |
Color intensity: help | Intense |
Clarity: help | Slightly Included |
Shape: help | Round |
Cut: | Mixed Brilliant Cut |
Cutting style: | Faceted |
Enhancements: help | No Enhancement |
Origin: help | Tanzania |
Per carat price: help | $577 |
Deep beneath the East African crust, millions of years ago, a singular story of pressure, heat, and elemental alchemy began that would culminate in the rare bluish green sapphire you see now. In a fluid rich metamorphic environment near what is today Tanzania, aluminum rich rocks met with trace amounts of iron and titanium, and under patient geological time and sustained heat, corundum crystals slowly organized themselves into the hard, resilient lattice that defines sapphire. Minute changes in chemistry and temperature during that slow growth imparted the gem with its unique bluish green hue, and the exceptionally transparent nature of this crystal allowed light to travel deep within before returning to the surface as subtle flashes of ocean and forest. The result is a remarkably pure 1.04 carat, round shape sapphire with dimensions of 5.60 x 5.37 x 4.16 mm, cut in a mixed brilliant style to maximize its internal play of light, polished to an excellent finish, and left completely natural with no enhancement, provenance that we at The Natural Sapphire Company carefully certify.
Owning this sapphire is to possess a fragment of deep time, a stone with an intense color intensity and a clarity graded as slightly included when evaluated at eye level, evidence of the gemological journey that makes each natural stone singular and irreplaceable. The tiny natural inclusions are not flaws to hide, but fingerprints of formation that tell the proof of origin and add depth to its character. This transparent gem, with its balanced proportions and expert cutting, offers both brilliance and subtlety, suitable for a bespoke engagement design or a private collection that values provenance and rarity above all. We present this sapphire as an invitation to join an elite few who can claim a completely natural, unenhanced Tanzanian treasure, a jewel as durable as it is distinctive, ready to be set into a custom piece that honors the stone rather than alters it. For collectors and connoisseurs who seek authenticity, limited availability, and the quiet prestige of owning something formed in the earth long before recorded history, this sapphire stands as a luminous testament, available exclusively through The Natural Sapphire Company.




























