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

This pear shaped pinkish purple sapphire weighs 2.25 carat, and measures 10.98 by 6.01 by 4.19 mm, exhibiting a classic pear outline with precise symmetry. The gem is fashioned in a mixed brilliant cut, with a brilliant style crown that provides crisp scintillation, and a finely faceted pavilion that balances depth and light return. Clarity is graded very slightly included when viewed at eye level, indicating only minor inclusions that do not impede transparency or luminous performance, and the polish is excellent, yielding sharp facet junctions and minimal surface diffusion. The color is intense for this tone range, and the sapphire is untreated, no enhancement, with origin Ceylon Sri Lanka, which imparts a characteristic clarity and lively tone that our cutters at The Natural Sapphire Company aim to preserve. The stone displays proportioning that produces a depth to average diameter ratio of approximately 49.3 percent, an intentional balance that minimizes windowing while preserving face up brilliance in a delicate elongated silhouette.

Optically this sapphire demonstrates the signature reflective behavior of corundum, with a refractive index approximately 1.760 to 1.770, birefringence near 0.008, and dispersion around 0.018, parameters that yield strong internal reflection and controlled fire without the high spectral dispersion of diamond. Compared to other gems in its category, such as deeper blue Ceylon sapphires, this pinkish purple example benefits from lighter tone and intense saturation, which allows higher light transmission and more pronounced scintillation under mixed brilliant cutting, while deeply saturated blues often trade some sparkle for color depth. Against similar corundum varieties and near colorless spinel, which has a slightly lower refractive index, this sapphire returns light with a brighter, more contrastive flash, and compared to tourmaline in equivalent tones, the sapphire shows crisper facet delineation and a tighter, faster scintillation pattern due to its higher refractive index and superior polish. The absence of heat or other enhancements preserves natural pleochroic nuances, so the gem shifts from pink to purple with changes in orientation while maintaining lively face up brilliance. For clients seeking a technical combination of natural provenance, precision cutting, and optimal light performance, this pear pinkish purple sapphire from The Natural Sapphire Company offers an exceptional marriage of material quality and cutter skill, ready to be set to maximize its reflective and color interplay.