Report Date:10 May 2024

Report No:GS202405108471

Object :Loose Gemstone

Identification :NATURAL SAPPHIRE

Colour(Hue) :Royal Blue

Shape :Oval Faceted Cut

Measurement :8.03 mm x 6.10 mm x 3.55 mm

Weight :1.53 cts.

Origin :SRILANKA(Ceylon)

Origin Note :Gemological testing revealed characteristics of those consistent with the below origin

Comments:No Indication Of Heat

Additional Comment:*Antique Style*

Sapphire is the most precious and valuable blue gemstone. It is a very desirable gemstone due to its excellent color, hardness, durability, and luster. In the gem trade, Sapphire without any color prefix refers to the blue variety of the mineral Corundum. However, the term Sapphire encompasses all other gem varieties and colors of Corundum as well, excluding Ruby, the red variety of Corundum, which has its own name since antiquity. The most valuable color of Sapphire is a cornflower blue color, known asKashmir Sapphire or Cornflower Blue Sapphire. Another extremely valuable Sapphire form is the very rare, orange-pinkPadparadschah. An exotic type of sapphire, known as Color Changing Sapphire, displays a different color depending on its lighting. In natural light.

Sapphires in colors other than blue are called “fancy” or “Parti colored” sapphires.Fancy sapphires are often found in yellow, orange, green, brown, purple and violet hues. Particolored sapphires are those stones which exhibit two or more colors within a single stone. Australia is the largest source of particolored sapphires.