Sapphire have a window?

[katie451990]

Picked out a sapphire and had it mounted but not sure if it sparkles as much as I wanted it to. Is this normal for a cushion cut sapphire? Thoughts?

 

[dk168]

Not an expert, however, based on the third photo I would say yes

DK

 

[Avondale]

It has a pretty sizeable window, yes. And that's the reason it doesn't sparkle. If you keep it clean, you'll be able to enjoy the surface reflections off the facets, but the cutting won't contribute much otherwise.

These are the facet reflections from within the stone:

I can see your finger through it. That's a window. In a well cut stone, all of the facets you see from the table would be reflecting light back to your eyes, and you'll be seeing the play of light and movement instead of your skin.

The window is very obvious right here:


The third photo is an excellent example because you can straight up read the text through the stone:

 

[lovedogs]

Yeah unfortunately it has a giant window.