Description

2.33ct intense cornflower blue sapphire from Sri Lanka. Very lively, bright and sparkley. It even shows some dispersion in spotlighting and direct sunlight.Beautiful, tall crown and serious brilliance. 7.34 × 6.00 x 5.89mm (stone dimensions) traditional heat treatment only. 14k nickel-free white gold & 0.05ct E/VS natural diamonds.

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Everything about the stone is perfect except the clarity...and even that is pretty darn good. There is the tiniest chip near one of the prongs, 2 bubbles under the table and a small linear inclusion under the crown. 95+% of the time it is totally eye-clean. In the horizontal position, when the light hit it just right just right, those inclusions occasionally catch the light and become eye-visible. That's part of why I set it as a pendant. In the vertical position, the imperfections are never visible.

The color and cutting are so good however, it makes the stone totally worth it IMO. It is not certified, but I guarantee Lotus would give it a designation of "Intense Cornflower Blue" (Cornflower blue with Intense saturation) - which is about the most desirable color you can find IMO. Certification would take about a week +/- and costs around $120. The cutting is just exceptional with a nice puffy crown and amazing brilliance as well.

So, in the end, I suppose it boils down to how important it is to you that it is 100% eye-clean in the horizontal position. If you were to set it in a ring, you'd almost never see the inclusions, but there might be a few occasions where they could catch your eye. The imperfections keep the price down as well. If it were perfectly clean, this would easily be $2500/ct.

I captured the inclusions with my loupe + camera so you can see precisely what I'm referring to:

https://imgur.com/a/SLJvhLo

Price is the same whether I sell it loose or set.

Worldwide FedEx shipping is included