0.83 Ct. Pinkish Purple Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

This exquisite pinkish purple sapphire weighs 0.83 carat, presenting a refined balance between presence and wearability, and it measures 5.85 x 4.80 x 3.62 mm in an elegant oval outline, with a mixed brilliant cut that marries the scintillation of a brilliant faceting scheme with the classic proportions of an oval. The stone is transparent, with a medium intense color intensity that yields a lively and versatile hue suitable for both daytime and evening settings, and the excellent polish ensures that each facet meets the eye with clean, mirror like surfaces. Origin is Ceylon, Sri Lanka, a source historically prized for sapphires with lively tone and well balanced color, and the stone has been heat treated to optimize color and clarity in a stable and widely accepted manner. Clarity has been evaluated at eye level as very very slightly included, which means that the stone appears essentially clean to the unaided eye, while minor inclusions exist at higher magnification and do not interfere with the gem s overall brilliancy, and this combination of weight, cut, clarity, and origin is the very type of stone that educated buyers seek from The Natural Sapphire Company.

Weight is perhaps the most influential factor in how a sapphire is valued, and a 0.83 carat piece sits in a sweet spot of rarity and practicality, offering greater scarcity than smaller fractions of a carat while remaining more accessible than the significant price jumps seen at the one carat threshold. Carat is a measure of mass, and as mass increases, the per carat price often rises at a steeper rate rather than linearly, because larger, clean, well colored material is exponentially rarer in nature. For collectors who understand market dynamics, a 0.83 carat sapphire like this one represents meaningful rarity, because the gem not only achieves nearly one carat, but also maintains a medium intense hue and excellent polish, attributes that become harder to find as stones increase in weight. The dimensions 5.85 by 4.80 by 3.62 millimeters produce a depth that measures approximately 68 percent of the average of length and width, a proportion that supports a robust table and pavilion interaction, which helps the mixed brilliant facets return light with pleasing sparkle while preserving face up color saturation.

Clarity and cut deserve careful attention from an informed buyer, because they determine how the stone communicates its color and brilliance in everyday wear, and this sapphire s clarity grading as very very slightly included at eye level is a practical advantage. In gemological terms this means that the sapphire will present a clean window to the color when worn without magnification, and that any internal characteristics are either very small, well healed, or positioned in a manner that they do not disrupt light return. The mixed brilliant cut on an oval framework is chosen to maximize scintillation and to concentrate color evenly across the face of the stone, while the excellent polish ensures that facet junctions and planes are crisp, allowing light to enter and exit cleanly. Heat treatment, disclosed for full transparency, is a standard enhancement for sapphires that adjusts and stabilizes color and, in many instances, improves apparent clarity by altering microscopic inclusions, and because the treatment is stable and permanent, it is widely accepted within the trade, though natural untreated material will command a premium for collectors who seek absolute natural state gemstones.

For an educated buyer considering both personal enjoyment and long term value, the provenance from Ceylon combined with the 0.83 carat weight creates a compelling proposition, because Sri Lankan sapphires have long been recognized for a distinctive combination of lively tone and clarity, traits that complement the medium intense pinkish purple hue of this stone. The interplay of color and weight here is crucial, because color saturation governs how the eye perceives the stone at typical viewing distances, and a higher weight enables a face up area that carries color without appearing overly dark, which is often a risk in deeper stones. The proportions and the excellent polish contribute to durability in a setting, making this sapphire an excellent candidate for a daily wear ring or a refined pendant, and its near one carat mass will sit prominently in designs without overwhelming delicate settings. At The Natural Sapphire Company we present this sapphire with full disclosure of its treatment and origin, and with the exact specifications that matter to connoisseurs, offering a stone that is rare, technically strong in cut and clarity, and visually striking in a way that educated buyers will recognize and value.