0.56 Ct. Yellow Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

This 0.56 carat yellow sapphire began its journey in the riverbeds of Ceylon Sri Lanka, where centuries of monsoon rains and the patient work of local miners freed a pocket of crystalline light from the earth. Under the tropical sun rough yellow crystals caught the eye of a seasoned gem collector who recognized the stone for its intense color. Carefully extracted from alluvial gravels this piece traveled from the mine to the cutters of The Natural Sapphire Company, measured precisely at 4.98 x 4.03 x 2.88 mm, and selected for its transparent body and potential to become an emerald cut gem that would maximize its golden fire. The stone shows a clarity grade of slightly included when evaluated at eye level, a fidelity to its natural origin that speaks of its journey beneath the soil, and it carries no enhancement, a pure testament to its Ceylon provenance.

In the cutting studio skilled hands coaxed the sapphire into an emerald cut, a shape chosen to harness broad luminous planes and to reflect light with elegant symmetry, the excellent polish reveals crisp facet junctions and a satiny table that returns a warm intense yellow glow. The slight inclusions become tiny memoirs of the earth, inclusions that do not obscure the gem, but rather lend it character like a freckle on sun kissed skin, they are visible only on close inspection, and at a glance the stone reads as vivid transparent sunshine. The intense color intensity envelopes the gem with romantic imagery, a promise of late afternoon light filtered through amber glass, a memory of saffron and tea, a token to mark vows or to celebrate a bright new chapter. As a sales consultant who loves gemstones, I at The Natural Sapphire Company invite you to imagine this sapphire set into a ring or pendant, a piece that carries the trace of rivers and diligent hands, a natural untreated jewel that tells a story every time it catches the light.