GRADING REPORT PBS053
- Identification: Natural Unheated & Untreated Sapphires
- Carat: 0.53 (0.28 & 0.25)
- Shape: Round Brilliant
- Measures: 3.83-3.87x2.35 & 3.81-3.85x2.25 (millimeter)
- Color Grade: Very Good
- Tone: Medium 50/55
- Color Zoning: None
- Clarity: Lightly / Free of Inclusions
- Cutting Grade: Excellent (precision cut)
- Brilliancy: 95/95%
- Depth: 61/59%
- Origin: Sri Lanka
Treatment: None
Certificate No: IGI 380995055 (see 'more images')
Overall Grade: Excellent
Comment: In always bigger demand: small but unheated sapphires (and most other precious gems for that matter). These two sapphires come from the same old mine and were precision-cut by ours humbly. They have been 'in the family' ever since, hence spot tests by a good lab will speak for the parcel while keeping down cost. No windows, no inclusions, no treatments, best brilliancy, near 4mm round, flawless and pretty. As simple studs they will deliver their own oomph for the buck and be uniquely yours-only. As side-stones they will add a heavily understated luxury to any untreated centerstone. Unless you compromise into treated blue topaz, or add half-a-million for blue diamonds, or simply default to white diamonds, there are not many alternatives. Thus far! We are working on it.
BTW: Check the back/side-images and the one front-image below where the tone is closer to Medium Dark 75. No photo-shopping here, but simply less light, a darker background, and gems hindered from sparkling. Based on these photos, one could advertise and sell such little sparklers as 'cornflower blue'. In 75, 80, or 90% of all sales the buyer won't complain because these ARE in fact pretty and sparkly gems IRL. Worst case is a return. We have no statistical experience here, so this is only an educated-guess from what can be seen elsewhere and read on social media. However, as already revealed, they two are 'only' sky-blue, a nice sky-blue but not yet within the magic of the famous cornflower or kashmir blue sapphires. Now, I have had many customers perfectly happy with sky-blue sapphires ("It reminds me of how beautiful it is outside." or "I always have my own little blue sky with me."). There is nothing wrong with sky-blue sapphires then, unless you have paid double for the label 'kashmir blue'. Why the excursion? 1. Photos don't mean much without honesty 2. color-labels don't mean much without tons of experience and 3. for the buyer there is no wrong color except the one he does NOT like.
(see the BTW-excursion regarding 'faked' image number 2)
