Unheated
HR17, Yellow Sapphire
Unheated, 3.01 ct, warm honey gold — an untreated yellow that has broken the three-carat mark.
3.01 ct · Oval
$1,700
UnheatedAvailable
LOT HR20
3.02 ct Violet Sapphire
Unheated 3.02 ct in soft lilac violet — the only stone of its colour here, and an uncommon sapphire anywhere.
$1,700
LKR 510,000
Price is for the loose stone. Insured worldwide shipping included. Setting and certification quoted separately.
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- Unheated — no thermal enhancement
- Violet: an uncommon sapphire colour
- Only stone of its colour in the collection
- Noticeable colour shift between daylight and warm light
About this stone
Sapphire occurs in violet far less often than it occurs in blue, pink or yellow, and unheated violet above three carats is genuinely uncommon. This is a soft lilac — a pale, cool, slightly grey-lavender that reads almost pastel in daylight and picks up a stronger purple cast under warm light. It is a quiet stone rather than a loud one, and it suits someone who wants a colour that people cannot immediately name. Never heated, cut as a clean oval at 3.02 carats, and the only violet in the collection.
Specification
- Lot reference
- HR20
- Variety
- Violet Sapphire
- Carat weight
- 3.02 ct
- Shape & cut
- Oval
- Treatment
- Unheated — no thermal enhancement
- Origin
- Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Species
- Natural corundum
- Hardness
- Mohs 9
- Colour
- Soft lilac violet, light tone, moderate saturation; shifts warmer under incandescent light.
- Certification
- Independent laboratory report available on request
- Video
- Available on request
Weight and measurements are taken in-house. An independent laboratory report from a recognised gemmological institute can be arranged for this lot before purchase — ask for it in your enquiry.
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HR25, Blue Sapphire
Unheated 2.15 ct cornflower oval — textbook Ceylon blue, and the most affordable untreated blue here.
2.15 ct · Oval
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HR26, Pink Sapphire
Unheated 3.30 ct in the palest rosé — a delicate, barely-there pink at a size untreated material rarely reaches.
3.30 ct · Oval
$1,500