Eric says: “Blue sapphires remain the most popular coloured stones with the jewellery buying public. And the reason is quite clear: blue is a basic colour of nature - the sky and the sea.
Blue sapphires come in many shades (saturations) of the colour, from pale to vivid blue. Many words are used to describe these saturations and are, I believe, just marketing ploys. You will hear of Cornflower blue and of Royal blue - I do not subscribe to such terminology. You, as a buyer, should let the gem speak to you. Do you like the purity of its colour, the blue in many sapphires is sometimes accompanied by secondary tones of green or violet. Look at its distribution of colour across the gem as sapphires are sometimes banded in colour. Heat treatment of sapphires improves the colour appearance and transparency so the vast majority of sapphires offered by the global geb trade are heat treated. Rarer sapphires are those not needing heat treatment to enhance their blue. I prefer these unheated sapphires and like to trade them”.
This ring features an unheated sapphire approx. 0.50 carats of fine even saturation flanked by a round brilliant cut natural diamond, approx. 0.20ct, assessed as H/I colour and SI2/I1 clarity, to either side, claw set in hallmarked 18ct white gold. Ring size= Q, (US-8).
Eric says: “Blue sapphires remain the most popular coloured stones with the jewellery buying public. And the reason is quite clear: blue is a basic colour of nature - the sky and the sea.
Blue sapphires come in many shades (saturations) of the colour, from pale to vivid blue. Many words are used to describe these saturations and are, I believe, just marketing ploys. You will hear of Cornflower blue and of Royal blue - I do not subscribe to such terminology. You, as a buyer, should let the gem speak to you. Do you like the purity of its colour, the blue in many sapphires is sometimes accompanied by secondary tones of green or violet. Look at its distribution of colour across the gem as sapphires are sometimes banded in colour. Heat treatment of sapphires improves the colour appearance and transparency so the vast majority of sapphires offered by the global geb trade are heat treated. Rarer sapphires are those not needing heat treatment to enhance their blue. I prefer these unheated sapphires and like to trade them”.
This ring features an unheated sapphire approx. 0.50 carats of fine even saturation flanked by a round brilliant cut natural diamond, approx. 0.20ct, assessed as H/I colour and SI2/I1 clarity, to either side, claw set in hallmarked 18ct white gold. Ring size= Q, (US-8).
Feel free to WhatsApp me to discuss this sapphire three-stone ring. I can video chat with you to show you the ring and/or book an appointment to see it in Hatton Garden at my place of work.
