sapphire

[Andieh2024]

Hi there,

I'm looking to purchase my first sapphire and stumbled upon this sapphire at Ritani:

5x5mm Cushion Sapphire | Ritani

Ritani

www.ritani.com

Is the inclusion on the side of the stone, left side, visible at 0.04-0.05 seconds into the video. I'm fine with the way it looks from the top, just worried it's not structurally sound.

Thank you for your thoughts.

 

[LilAlex]

Welcome! Others may know more about this vendor or at this price-point.

I can't see the feature you are referring to -- and I assume that you mean seconds and not hundredths of a second because my reflexes are not that fast. Nothing concerned me about durability and I saw no inclusions that were otherwise offensive in the video.

It looks pretty. I dislike when depth dimension is not provided by the vendor but you can infer it from the video -- maybe 4.5 - 5mm (?) so a little deep and a little bulgy pavilion but looks decently cut. (The "link" for their in-house report would not open for me, maybe because I did not create an account.) It will be less saturated than that video and there is already a little gray but not sure how much better you can do for $467. (It is kind of a steely blue which is non-ideal, color-wise, but appealing in this case. If you held it next a similar-tone one with zero gray and/or better saturation, you might start shopping again -- and that is about 3/4 of the colored stones forum.)

I have never bought a sapphire, heated or otherwise, without a reputable report but I recognize that it would not be cost-effective at this price point. I know the vendor name but not as a colored-stone dealer. The hope would be that this has no treatment in addition to heat.

 

[Andieh2024]

Welcome! Others may know more about this vendor or at this price-point.

I can't see the feature you are referring to -- and I assume that you mean seconds and not hundredths of a second because my reflexes are not that fast. Nothing concerned me about durability and I saw no inclusions that were otherwise offensive in the video.

It looks pretty. I dislike when depth dimension is not provided by the vendor but you can infer it from the video -- maybe 4.5 - 5mm (?) so a little deep and a little bulgy pavilion but looks decently cut. (The "link" for their in-house report would not open for me, maybe because I did not create an account.) It will be less saturated than that video and there is already a little gray but not sure how much better you can do for $467. (It is kind of a steely blue which is non-ideal, color-wise, but appealing in this case. If you held it next a similar-tone one with zero gray and/or better saturation, you might start shopping again -- and that is about 3/4 of the colored stones forum.)

I have never bought a sapphire, heated or otherwise, without a reputable report but I recognize that it would not be cost-effective at this price point. I know the vendor name but not as a colored-stone dealer. The hope would be that this has no treatment in addition to heat.

Thank you for taking the time to look. Here's a closer look at the inclusion in the attached picture. it's on the left side closer to the bottom.

I agree that I don't think I can do much better at this price point. I've searched quite a bit.

 

[LilAlex]

Ah. I did not see that in the video. If I had to guess, I would guess it's a "natural" -- part of the rough surface of the gem that did not get faceted (not a "whoops"; just better to leave it alone than make the gem smaller and/or more asymmetric). At this price point, it could be anything but does not look concerning for a vulnerable feather and the color is light and it is not under the table so unlikely to distract from above. And the actual stone will at least a log smaller than it looks on your screen. Most important, it is far from the girdle where prongs or a bezel would be pressed against it. I am unconcerned by this feature and I'm pretty picky. I hope others come along to comment; I have not mounted that many loose gems.

A word of caution: this will be a petite stone. If you are new to this (vs. just new to this forum), mock it up with a mm rule. If you need to spend four figures to mount it, you may want to rethink the ratio. But, again, I think it's attractive for that price-point assuming: a) it looks like the video; and b) it is unadulterated beyond simple heat.

 

[Andieh2024]

Yes, thank you for reminding me about it's size. I just went down the rabbit hole of finding stones to compare it to for sizing. (again lol)
I think I'm going to pair it with a ,50ct lab pear cut diamond for a 2 stone ring look. Together they should fill the top of my size 6 finger nicely.