1.98 Ct. Yellow Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

There is a quiet summer dawn held within this stone, a pocket of light sealed in crystalline laughter, a yellow sapphire that seems to remember the first day the sun learned to blush. This gem weighs 1.98 carat, and its cushion shape rests like a small sun softened by a lover s hand. The proportions, 6.69 x 6.67 x 4.73 mm, give it a pleasing symmetry, a near perfect balance of width and depth. Cut as a mixed brilliant, each facet is a deliberate breath, a promise to catch and scatter light with lively discretion. Transparent and true, with a clarity graded as very very slightly included when evaluated at eye level, it offers clarity that reads as honesty in the language of gemstones. The color carries a medium intense yellow, warm but not loud, the kind of gold that invites whispering rather than proclamation. Polish is excellent, every plane smoothed until reflections glide like silk. Best of all this sapphire has never been altered, no enhancement, it is the unretouched song of Ceylon, Sri Lanka, arriving to you in its pure, natural voice.

Hold it against the skin and you will feel how its mixed brilliant facets perform a private choreography, bright pinpoints of fire twisting into wide open flashes, a modulation between scintillation and glow. The cushion outline lends old world romance, corners rounded as though softened by generations of caresses, while the modern facet scheme adds a lively, contemporary beat. With its dimensions the stone sits confidently on a finger, visible and intimate, large enough to anchor a design, modest enough to be worn day after day. The very very slightly included clarity means that to the unaided eye the sapphire reads as clear and pure, and under magnification it reveals only the gentle fingerprint of nature, a tiny trace that proves origin and authenticity without marring the poetry. The excellent polish cooperates with the cut to deliver a surface that drinks in light and returns it richer and warmer, a tactile pleasure to the gaze and to the touch. Origin matters with gemstones, and Ceylon sapphires are loved for their clarity, color, and soul. This stone brings that heritage to your hand in a form that feels both intimate and regal.

In the long story of famous gems there are chapters that sing in yellow and pages that glow in blue, and this sapphire can be read as the more private cousin to those celebrated stars. Think of the way the Tiffany Yellow Diamond has been written about through history, a flood of golden light that astonishes by scale, yet this sapphire offers a different kind of wonder. It does not shout with grandiosity, instead it carries the same sunlit poetry in microcosm, an honest warmth that is all the more precious because it is natural, untreated, and direct from Ceylon. Consider the Star of India and other exalted Sri Lankan sapphires for their depth and storied provenance, and know that this yellow sapphire shares their island heritage, the same ancient earth that yields stones with soul. The Logan Sapphire and royal gems are admired for their presence and clarity, and here you find a similar clarity refined into a hue of honey and candlelight. Where diamonds have been praised for brilliance, sapphires are prized for their color and character, and a medium intense yellow with very very slight inclusions is a rare conversation of warmth and transparency. The absence of enhancement elevates its value in a particular way, because true rarity is not only in color and cut, but in the integrity of origin, the unvarnished testimony of nature.

At The Natural Sapphire Company we present this 1.98 carat cushion yellow sapphire as both heirloom and promise, a gem that holds a personal mythology and the quiet dignity of history. Imagine it set as a solitaire on a soft bezel to let light wander around its edges, or embraced by delicate diamonds to amplify its sunny heart. Picture it as an engagement stone, a chamber of light that speaks of laughter and morning coffee, of promises kept in small daily rituals. Because it is no enhancement, because it comes from Ceylon, because its polish and cut have been executed with thoughtful care, it becomes a jewel that does more than decorate it declares. It declares a preference for authenticity, for warmth, for something that will age like a memory you return to again and again. If you seek a piece that is both intimate and noble, that reads like a love letter folded into an object, this sapphire answers that longing, a captured sunrise waiting to be worn, cherished, and passed along.