2.78 Ct. Green Sapphire from Montana

There is a hush to this gem, a whisper of mountain air captured in a cushion, a green sapphire that seems to have been born where rivers carve through granite and wildflowers lean toward the sun. This transparent 2.78 carat cushion shape sapphire measures 8.11 x 6.70 x 5.38 mm, cut with a mixed brilliant pavilion that scatters light like sunlight through fir needles. Its polish is excellent, and it carries a clarity grade of very slightly included when viewed at the eye level, which only proves how natural and honest its character is. The color reads with a medium intense presence, a green that is calm and clear, neither gaudy nor timid, and because it is completely free of enhancement, every hint of hue is the pure mark of Montana, the place of its origin, and of The Natural Sapphire Company provenance and care.

Its hue and tone call to mind the great gemstone locales of the world, yet it resolves as something entirely its own. Against the saturated, oceanic blues of Kashmir sapphires this Montana green appears like a shore of spruce green, gentler and more contemplative, as if the alpine sky had been filtered through moss and stone. Compared with Sri Lankan sapphires that often glow with a brilliant, sunny cornflower clarity, this stone offers a cooler, more forested voice, an emerald whisper rather than a blue trumpet. When set beside Australian green sapphires its medium intensity is more transparent and less inky, more like a mountain lake at dawn than a deep bay seen at noon. Against Madagascar parti sapphires that flirt with split personalities and color zoning, the Montana green is resolute, a steady green with subtle blue undertones that catch the light and reveal different stories from different angles.

The mixed brilliant cut on this cushion shape has been executed to deliver both scintillation and depth, each facet plane placed to invite fire without sacrificing the gembers calm, watery soul. At 8.11 x 6.70 x 5.38 mm it carries presence on the finger and in the setting, comfortable for a halo or solitaire, eloquent in a vintage gallery or modern bezel. The very slightly included clarity brings character rather than compromise, those tiny natural signatures of formation adding narrative to the stone, a geologic fingerprint that affirms it as untouched by heat or other enhancement. Its medium intense color intensity translates into versatility, pairing with warm yellow gold to heighten its green glow, with rose gold to draw out softer green blushes, or with white gold and platinum for a cooler, more ethereal expression. The Natural Sapphire Company believes such a stone is best celebrated in design that allows light in, where its mixed brilliant cut can sing.

To hold this Montana green sapphire is to hold a landscape compressed into faceted form, a keepsake of rivers and clearings that will accompany a lifetime of mornings and small prayers. It is rare to find a gem with such a clear lineage, unenhanced, with an excellent polish that amplifies its honest heart. For those who dream of engagement and promise, this sapphire offers a love that is not loud, but that grows steady and deep, a color that keeps revealing itself like memory. If you wish to see how this gem might live in the ring that tells your story, The Natural Sapphire Company will guide you with care, sharing settings and sketches until the stone becomes a daily companion, a quiet emblem of vows, and a jewel that carries Montana home wherever you go.