Unheated Pair Sapphire 0.36

0.36 Carat (sold)
Fine Kashmir BLue
Medium Dark 75
Very Lightly Included

GRADING REPORT PMS036

- Identification: Natural Unheated & Untreated Sapphire
- Carat: 0.36 (0.17 & 0.18)
- Shape: Marquise
- Measures: 5.23x2.40x1.57 & 5.13x2.39x1.54 (millimeter)
- Color Grade: Excellent+ ('+' for this size)
- Tone: Medium Dark 75
- Color Zoning: None
- Clarity: Very Lightly Included
- Cutting Grade: Excellent
  - Brilliancy: 50/50%
  - Depth: 66/64% 
- Origin: Sri Lanka

Treatment: None

Certificate No: AIG G86660081BE (see 'more images')

Overall Grade: Excellent

Comment: Surprised? I was, honestly. I cannot remember any other blue sapphire holding its color this well in small sizes (ruby does the trick, too, though). But no other gem can hold its color this well, except our Sandawana emeralds, but that's "a different kettle of fish" (I checked the expression, it's correct but weird, isn't it?). I assume that bigger rough of this blue type of corundum would be rather dark, yet in low marquise-cut (always a size-efficient shape) they come-out in fine Kashmir blue. That said, 5x2mm is not giant, earring-size or sidestones, but what a blue! Precision-cut-to-match, identical in all features. Our 3xNo-Quality-Standard is fulfilled - what you see in the handshot are tilt-window with the marquise settling on their sides and me having had too much coffee to hold them still AND in line AND in straight-up position while operating the camera with Zen-precision. Doubters can check the images in the AIG report which are pointed straight-in, as are our other images, no windows. Certified unheated, almost no inclusions even under the lens and the finest color possible in a small size. Their color-quality is so exceptional, that they would justify starting a ring design based on the sidestones, then chose a center stone and then the ring design, an unusual order. Still unique but simpler (and cheaper) would be a pair of earrings with extra thick bezel settings to keep the gems in vertical orientation. Vertical? Nothing to worry; we'll take care of the details.