1.60 Ct. Purplish Pink Sapphire from Madagascar

Sapphires have accompanied human stories for millennia, treasured by kings and wanderers alike for their depth and mystery, and this purplish pink cushion sapphire continues that ancient conversation. Weighing 1.60 carats, and measuring 7.80 by 6.20 by 3.83 millimeters, this gem presents a harmony of size and presence that feels both intimate and enduring. Its cushion shape calls to mind the classic pads and cabochons set in heirloom jewels, a silhouette favored across eras for the way it softens light and enhances color. The mixed brilliant cut chosen for this stone modernizes that timeless profile, marrying scintillation with the rounded, generous face of a vintage cushion. From the heart of Madagascar, a place now celebrated for producing some of the most beautiful natural sapphires in recent history, this transparent example arrives without enhancement, a pure expression of geological time and the earths quiet alchemy.

The gem’s intense color intensity is its first language, a rich purplish pink that shifts with the angle of light, revealing warmer and cooler notes as it catches the day. Clarity is graded as very slightly included when evaluated at eye level, a natural fingerprint that confirms the stone’s authenticity, while its excellent polish allows light to travel freely through the pavilion and dance across the table. The mixed brilliant cut maximizes fire and reflective brilliance, creating flashes that enliven the purplish pink body color and lend a lively personality to every facet. Because there has been no enhancement, what you see is what the earth created and our cutters respected, a commitment to natural beauty that The Natural Sapphire Company honors in every thoughtfully selected piece. The result is a stone that reads both regal and personal, suitable for a statement ring or a treasured pendant, a gem that feels as if it has always belonged to the wearer.

Beyond its immediate beauty, this sapphire promises a durability and presence that will continue to captivate across generations. Sapphires are corundum, one of the hardest natural gemstones, and this structural resilience means the lively purplish pink color and well executed polish will resist the wear of everyday life when set and cared for properly. Imagine a setting that frames its cushion silhouette, perhaps a low bezel for daily grace, or a classic four prong mounting that allows the mixed cut to breathe and flash with motion, each choice guiding how the light plays and how the color reads on skin. As time passes, the natural inclusions that mark its uniqueness will become the kind of intimate details family stories like to mention, those small traces that convert gemstones into heirlooms. The intensity of its color ensures that it will remain noticeable even as fashions change, a constant in an ever shifting world.

At The Natural Sapphire Company we select stones like this purplish pink cushion sapphire because they offer more than beauty, they offer continuity, provenance, and the quiet confidence of a gem that requires no alteration to shine. This sapphire from Madagascar carries with it a place of origin, a clarity description, a precise cut, and the reassurance of no enhancement, facts that anchor its beauty in truth and add value beyond the visual. Whether chosen as a promise for the future, a gift for a meaningful anniversary, or the beginning of an heirloom, the stone is prepared to hold stories, to gain memories, and to reflect generations of light. If you seek a gemstone that honors classical form, yet speaks in a distinctly modern voice, this 1.60 carat purplish pink cushion sapphire stands ready, a piece that will continue to enchant, year after year, with the quiet certainty of natural elegance.