1.72 Ct. Bluish Green Sapphire from Madagascar

This 1.72 carat bluish green sapphire from Madagascar presents a precise balance of weight and wearable dimensions, 9.42 x 5.58 x 4.18 mm, making it exceptionally well suited to bespoke settings. The stone is faceted with a step cut, a cutting style that emphasizes broad, parallel facet planes to showcase color saturation and internal clarity rather than dispersive sparkle. The step faceting creates strong, clean flashes and layered depth that reveal the sapphires intense color intensity, and the excellent polish on each facet ensures crisp facet junctions and minimal surface disruption. Clarity is graded as very slightly included at eye level, which is consistent with high quality natural material, and these minor internal features are rendered unobtrusive by the step cut, contributing to a visually clean table while also providing character when viewed face up. This sapphire is untreated, no enhancement, so the color and optical behavior are entirely natural, and its origin in Madagascar is reflected in a distinctive bluish green hue that sits between teal and deep ocean green.

For custom jewelry design this gem is ideally proportioned, its fancy shape offering dynamic design possibilities, and its moderate thickness of 4.18 mm provides secure pavilion depth for practical bezel work or low profile prong settings. The step cut favors settings that present broad facet planes to the viewer, so a bezel or channel style mount will preserve the stones planar geometry and protect the girdle while maintaining the optical effect. The gem responses to light with layered color zoning, making it a compelling center for asymmetric rings, shield pendants, or bespoke cocktail pieces where the unique silhouette is featured. Given sapphires hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, it offers excellent durability for everyday wear, and the stone pairs beautifully with both warm metals to enhance green undertones, and cool metals to emphasize bluish facets. At The Natural Sapphire Company we recommend designers consider orientation to highlight the deepest color band along the central table, and to use accent stones sparingly to avoid overpowering the step facets. This piece is an excellent candidate for a signature custom commission, offering natural color purity, fine craftsmanship in cutting and polish, and a form factor that translates directly into wearable, long lasting jewelry.