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

There are gemstones that arrive like a whispered secret, and there are gemstones that arrive like a love letter folded into dawn. This oval pinkish purple sapphire, a transparent heart of 1.06 carat, rests between those two kinds of stories. At 6.73 x 5.00 x 4.16 mm, its proportions sit with calm confidence, an oval silhouette that promises gentle light and a soft embrace. The mixed brilliant cut scatters a choreography of facets across its surface, and the excellent polish allows each tiny plane to breathe and shimmer. The color reads as a medium intense pinkish purple, not shy and not strident, the kind of hue that catches the glance and keeps it. Its clarity grade is very slightly included, evaluated at eye level, which means that the stone speaks of earth as well as sky, bearing the fine signatures of its formation. There has been no enhancement, the color and clarity preserved as found, a natural testament to its origin in Ceylon Sri Lanka, and this gem is offered with the care and provenance assurance of The Natural Sapphire Company.

Imagine the creek beds and hillside corridors of Ceylon, where monsoon songs and the rustle of tea leaves set the rhythm for labor and hope. In those cool mornings a speck of color is spotted by a seasoned eye, a suggestion of violet in the raw matrix, like a small dusk caught in stone. Hands familiar with the land extract that tiny promise, they wash it in the same stream that reflects palm fronds and sky, and they cradle it as if it were a living thing. The journey from earth to daylight is slow and respectful, a passage of careful cleaning and sorting, an honest appraisal that honors the gem for what it truly is. In those first moments the sapphire holds its private light, unaltered by treatment, a natural narrative of heat and pressure, of time folded into crystal. Our sourcing practices, guided by provenance and integrity, ensure that the path from mine to market is traced with clarity, and that each facet of this 1.06 carat oval retains the memory of the hill where it began.

Once the rough is chosen, the work of revelation begins, like a poet coaxing a line out of silence. A master cutter studies the piece under lamplight, imagining the best dialogue between brilliance and color, between table and pavilion. The result for this gem is a mixed brilliant cut, a hybrid conversation between classic fire and modern scintillation, executed to exacting dimensions so that the 6.73 x 5.00 x 4.16 mm proportions become a stage for light. Each facet is drawn with intent, each angle a promise to catch the sun and return it softened and sweet. The excellent polish is the final caress, the moment when roughness smooths into caress, and the surface becomes a mirror that keeps memory rather than hides it. The clarity, very slightly included when evaluated at eye level, gives the stone character, tiny inclusions like faint brushstrokes that confirm the gem is of the earth and not of the laboratory. The medium intense pinkish purple color relaxes and deepens as light moves through the mixed brilliant cut, sometimes leaning toward rose, sometimes toward amethyst, always luminous, always true to its Ceylon origins.

When the gem arrives at our bench at The Natural Sapphire Company it carries its history with a quiet dignity, and it waits to be placed into a setting that will honor both its origin and its destiny. Envision it in a ring that breathes, an open halo that lets air and light play across the oval face, or set in a pendant that swings like a tiny twilight caught at the throat. On the hand, the 1.06 carat size offers an intimate presence, a conversation piece that feels personal rather than proclamatory. Its medium intense color lends itself to both white and warm metals, to designs that are modern and to pieces that wear an echo of old world romance. The very slightly included clarity invites a story to be told, of land and water and those who unearthed and polished this small wonder. For a proposal, for an anniversary, for the jewelry box of someone who keeps memories like treasures, this sapphire is a gentle herald, a vow made of mineral and light. At every stage from mine to market, our promise is not merely to sell a gem, but to safeguard its lineage and present it with words that honor its journey, and we invite you to hold this pinkish purple oval in your hand and imagine the many ways it might become part of your story.