3.03 Ct. Yellow Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

There is a light that seems born of mornings held close to the earth, a light that pours from this round yellow sapphire as if the sun had been softened and set aside for a secret. We present a transparent 3.03 carat Ceylon treasure with dimensions of 8.46 x 8.51 x 5.41 mm, a gem that wears a mixed brilliant cut like a crown of facets arranged to catch the breath and keep it. Its color reads as vivid, a clear and joyous yellow that moves from lemon to golden honey as the stone turns, and an excellent polish sends each flash into the world with clean, bright intent. This sapphire has been heat treated, a gentle and enduring enhancement that deepens its natural hue while respecting the stone that light and time first made, and like all of our pieces it is offered with the care and provenance you expect from The Natural Sapphire Company.

Look inside and you will find the sapphire has been marked by the slow, intimate pressures of the earth, inclusions that read less as flaws and more as fingerprints left by deep time. Its clarity grade is very very slightly included evaluated at eye level, and those tiny signatures appear like wisps, like the faintest brushstrokes in a painting, visible to an attentive gaze, invisible to casual glances of affection. I speak as one who knows gemstones and their stories, and I tell you that these internal features are the sapphires soul notes, the proof of origin and passage. They are not intrusions, they are character, they are the evidence that this yellow light formed in the storied soils of Ceylon Sri Lanka, cooled and shifted and finally emerged with a clarity that remains remarkably transparent, a vessel for color and memory rather than an empty mirror.

Imagine this stone set where it will be loved most, held aloft in a simple bezel that lets the whole face glow, or cradled in prongs that allow light to dance through each facet. The mixed brilliant cut multiplies that sunlight, each small plane contributing to a tapestry of fire and scintillation, and at 3.03 carats this sapphire offers a presence that is both intimate and unmistakable. For an engagement ring, a promise, or a gift that marks a turning, this gem speaks in a soft but resolute voice, suggesting warmth, optimism, and the enduring joy of connection. At The Natural Sapphire Company we delight in pairing such a gemstone with settings and metals that honor its voice, and in guiding lovers and collectors toward the right choice. If you wish, we will share more close up views, care tips, and setting ideas so that this Ceylon yellow sapphire can begin the next chapter of its life with you, a story of light, of small internal maps that tell of origin, and of a color that feels like a long held promise brought into the open.