198,00 USD
Sapphire is one of the most popular and prized gems on earth. It has been valued by cultures throughout history. Sapphire is the rich, (usually) blue form of the mineral corundum, of which ruby is a member as well. Sapphire however, forms in pretty much all colors, including orange, which is one of my favorites. It has a hardness of 9, making it the hardest colored stone, second only to diamond. It is very well suited to jewelry or collection.
This particular stone is lab created. One important thing to realize about lab created sapphire is that it isn't just a stone made to imitate sapphire--physically and chemically this *is* a sapphire; it was simply formed in made made conditions in a lab, rather than dug from the earth. Stones like this give everyone the opportunity to own a stone whose size and quality would otherwise be limited only to kings, or in our modern days, princes and princesses, heh.
This stone is an awesome modern design, created by Arya Akhavan and cut by yours truly. The design is titled, "Blue Happiness," ironically rendered here in orange sapphire, heh. The stone weighs 3.96ct and measures 12.4 x 8.9 x 5.9mm. It is internally flawless. This material is yellow-orange sapphire, and the orange is zoned a bit in the material, giving it and orange zip through the center and orange around the margins, and a nice rich yellow throughout.
All my stones are hand-cut by me, and the stone you are buying is always the stone pictured. Please see my shop policies for more information, or feel free to contact me with your questions and feedback.
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