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Blue Sapphire
3.42 ct · 9.18 × 7.44 × 5.06 mm · Sri Lanka
The rough carried its best colour along an axis that fought the shape. Turning it cost just over half a carat and moved the blue into the face-up view, where it holds through the full range of the pavilion rather than pooling at one end.
- Reference
- VFG-0114
- Species
- Corundum
- Variety
- Blue sapphire
- Weight
- 3.42 ct
- Dimensions
- 9.18 × 7.44 × 5.06 mm
- Shape & cut
- Oval, mixed brilliant
- Colour
- Blue, medium tone, strong saturation
- Clarity
- Eye-clean; fine silk visible under magnification
- Origin
- Sri Lanka
- Treatment
- None detected
- Certificate
- GRS GRS2026-081193
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Quote reference VFG-0114. We reply to inquiries individually, usually within one working day.
Under two lighting conditions
Same stone, same position, two exposures. Published as a pair rather than as the more flattering of the two.
Daylight (D65)
Incandescent
Selected views
A short set of chosen angles rather than a full rotation.
- ProfileProfile
- ScaleScale
- Angle 1Angle 1
- Angle 2Angle 2
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