7 carat Unheated Cornflower Blue Sapphire

[voce]

Showstopper is right. Glad you finally got to set it! It looks beautiful.

 

[Burmesedaze]

Another stunner like many of your gems! Hope to see it irl when I next visit.

 

[Lykame]

What an outstanding ring! Oh my gosh. It's amazing. There's something amazing about that colour, and that setting is perfect for it! Don't suppose you would be able to make a separate Show Me The Bling thread? It's beyond worthy of it!!!

 

[wordie89]

Seaglow it is a beauty on your hand! Wear it in health!

 

[Seaglow]

Thanks, everyone! Here’s how it looks like in morning sunlight. Hope everyone is well!

 

[Acinom]

Gorgeous!
She loves the sun

 

[Slickk]

Wow! That. Is. Amazing!! I love the color of the stone and it just looks at home in her setting and on your hand. Beautiful job!!

 

[MissyBeaucoup]

I’m back here to enjoy this beauty again. Congratulations on finding a stellar stone and the perfect setting for her!

 

[Nida]

Joining in the bandwagon of blue sapphires lately. I've been deciding on this stone for a while but finally got it.

It's a 7.03 carats unheated Ceylon Cornflower Blue sapphire with an AIGS lab report.

I took a photo with different lighting conditions and the stone holds great color on all types of light (even in incandescent!). I was really searching for an unheated blue to have more crystal...but the thing about cornflower blues are they are usually heated and included, it is difficult to find an eye clean stone (price would be over the roof as well!). Heating somehow takes away the trasparency and velvet that can both be present in unheated cornflowers. This stone has a fingerprint which is visible is some angles but the color(nice open color) and transparency is difficult to find in unheated blues so I got it.

Here's the stone in natural daylight and under LED lamp:




In direct sunlight together with an almost 5 carat eye clean GRS Pigeon's Blood Unheated Ruby (asking price was a lot and I find the stone dark).



I also compared the stones with other unheated blues. There was another 7 carat GRS blue (not described as royal). It has a nice color in some light but turns dark in some (while the cornflower I got appears almost royal blue in the same light). Also there is a smaller "Deep Royal" which is too dark IMHO and a 4+ carat cushion that appears steely (has a gray modifier)

Waaaw I wonder which ring style you will do with these beauties

 

[Ally T]

Oh my word! That colour is FABULOUS & it just glows!!

Love the ring - stunning!