2.25ct GSI certified cushion cut Ceylon royal blue sapphire gem H
2.27ct GSI certified Ceylon oval cut deep blue sapphire H
3.47ct certified cushion cut purplish blue Ceylon sapphire gemstone
3.37ct IGI certified unheated bright blue sapphire grmstone
3.51ct IGI certified deep royal blue cushion cut sapphire gem H
3.59ct Ceylone origin unheated blue sapphire gemstone
2.84ct Ceylon unheated clean bright blue sapphire gemstone oval shape
2.23ct oval cut Ceylon medium blue sapphire gemstone
5.18ct unheated Ceylon sky blue sapphire cushion mix cut gem
2.69ct IGI certified deep blue sapphire, cushion mix cut H
4.25ct IGI medium deep blue sapphire oval cut gem H
1.02ct GSI certified bright eye clean octagon cut blue sapphire gemstone H
2.91ct GSI certified color change deep purple blue sapphires NH
1.59ct deep blue sapphire stone oval mix cut H
3.68ct shiny unheated pastel blue cushion cut sapphire
2.98ct IGI certified vivid cornflower blue oval shape sapphire gem H
Neelam or blue sapphire, is one of the most precious gemstones adorned by rulers in history to deities in mythology.
The stone is the blue colour in the corundam mineral family. The pure blue color in top clarity sapphires is rare and those pieces are very expensive if they are in big sizes.
The presence of titanium and iron gives the beautiful blue color to the gem stone. It is also the hardest color gemstone and just after diamond, with a hardness of 9 on the Moh scale.
The color of blue sapphire ranges from pure deep blue, cornflower blue, which is considered the best color in sapphire gemstones for which Kashmir (Jammu mines in India) was famous, to a slight greyish blue to pure sky blue and lighter shades.
The blue sapphire generally comes with heat treatment (thermal process), which is a minor and accepted process, like emeralds have oiling, which affects emeralds slightly, so is heating. The heated blue sapphires remain intact with their color, unlike heated yellow sapphires, which most often return to their originality once in contact with natural sunlight or artificial light.
This heat treatment in blue sapphire makes the stone slightly smooth by making colour saturation more even. The price difference does come, but not too much.
This is a kind of significant modification to the blue sapphire, making all the spaces pressure filled in high temperature with liquid beryllium, which is a glass-like substance, and the color is significantly modified. Secondly, the stone does not remain fully natural as some other material is inside the stone now to make it look higher quality. These sapphires are cheap in price.
The above 2 are the popular treatments in blue sapphire.
The blue sapphire gemstone is mined across the globe and thus has various regional characteristics.
Madagascar in Africa is one of the largest producers of sapphire stone. Other than blue sapphire, quality green, yellow and pink sapphires are also produced here. This island region in the Indian Ocean is renowned for giving top exclusive quality blue sapphires. The mining is generally owned by French and Swiss nationals. Almost all the blue sapphire rough and other sapphire mined here is exported the world over.
Sri Lanka also produces a large amount of blue sapphires, which are of high quality, though the Madagascar mines also produce similar quality sapphires as those from Ceylon, as the crystal structure of the gems from both these regions is quite similar, but Ceylonese sapphires rank overall higher in brilliance, color and development of crystal.
These come more with cracks and fissures. The Burmese crystal is brittle and lacks shine overall, as most of the blue sapphire from Burma now in Maynmar is more filled with fissures.
The most expensive and beautiful blue sapphires ever found were from this region of North India.
These stones build their name in history for the mesmerizing deep velvet cornflower blue color and excellent brilliance. The mines started producing the treasure stone in 1889 and were closed by 1905. Just not the color and clarity, but these blue sapphires have a historic value of name as well as, from the last century, almost no stones were found there.
At Jewelfields, we source for you original loose cut and polished blue sapphires at the best bargains. Available with us are good quality transparent blue sapphires in free sizes from 1 carat to over 10 carats, loose blue sapphire parcels, unheated blue sapphire cabochons and sapphire pairs on availability.
Available also other color sapphires like yellow sapphire, teal green Australian sapphires, padparadscha sapphires, pink sapphires, green sapphires, white sapphire stones, etc.
We ship the stones to all global locations like USA, Australia, India, Japan, Dubai, Emirates, UK, Germany, France, Russia, Belgium, Israel, Ukraine, Italy, Singapore, Bangkok THAILAND etc.
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