This item is a part of the following collections:

Treasures of the Earth

"Treasures of the Earth" is a collection of noteworthy gemstones hand-picked by our team of gemstone experts. Every gemstone in this collection will captivate you with its intrinsic beauty and spectacular flair.

Geographic Origin:
Madagascar

Treatments:
No Treatments (Unheated/Untreated)

Color Award:
Twilight Blue

Color Award Description:
The deep blue color of this gem earns it the "Twilight Blue" color award.

Transparency:
Transparent

Clarity Grade:
Loupe-Clean

Clarity Grade Description:
The stone is completely free from eye-visible inclusions, and no inclusions are seen under 10x magnification

Gemologist's Comments on Clarity:
This blue sapphire contains some minute naturally occurring surface features in some of the facets. Such minor surface features are commonly seen in blue sapphires over 5 carats.

When cutting & polishing natural & unheated/untreated blue sapphires, it is a common practice to intentionally keep certain features of the stone in the natural, rough unpolished form. This is done to preserve the carat weight and maintain the stone's overall shape/symmetry.

These surface features, being very minute, are not at all eye-visible. They can only be seen using a jeweler's loupe (10x magnification). Therefore, they do not impact the clarity or appearance of the stone in any way whatsoever.

This item is accompanied by the following gemological report. We will ship the original report along with the item.

GRS Gem Research Swisslab report # GRS2016-010523

• The accompanying GRS report authenticates this gemstone as a "Natural Sapphire" with a comment stating "No indication of thermal treatment".

• The accompanying GRS report describes the color as "vivid blue". GRS awards this color term only to select blue sapphires that meet their specific "vivid blue" color criteria.