Ceylon Sapphires Worldwide
Natural Ceylon sapphires, bought at source in Sri Lanka and delivered to Australian buyers insured, with the laboratory report in the parcel. One plain price per stone, in US dollars.
Australia knows sapphire. The country has mined its own since the 1870s, from the Anakie fields in central Queensland and the New England district around Inverell in New South Wales, so an Australian buyer rarely needs the stone explained. What they usually want explained is the difference: why a natural Ceylon sapphire in Australia costs more than a local stone of the same weight, whether a report can really prove where it came from, and now and then whether a Sri Lankan sapphire in Australia is the same thing as a Ceylon one. It is: Ceylon is simply the island’s old name.
All three are fair questions, and they are the reason this page exists: a plain account of how to buy a Ceylon sapphire in Australia straight from Sri Lanka. Crestonne sells from the source: we live and buy in Sri Lanka, choose each stone in person, have it certified by an independent laboratory, and ship it to Australia with free insured delivery. The origin on the report is the laboratory’s finding, not our claim.
In the collection now
Every stone below is natural, independently certified and priced in US dollars with insured delivery included. Open one to see it in 360 and read its report number.
UnheatedColourless White Sapphire - 2.06ct Cushion Cut - Natural Ceylon Sapphire2.06 ct · 8.61 × 5.34 × 4.9 mm$1,200
UnheatedVivid Blue Sapphire - 0.73ct Cushion Cut - Natural Ceylon Sapphire0.73 ct · 5.04 × 5 × 3.39 mm$800
Purplish Pink Sapphire - 0.22ct Emerald Cut - Heated Natural Ceylon Sapphire0.22 ct · 3.5 × 3.2 × 2.1 mm$400$250Save 38%
Vivid Blue Sapphire - 1.02ct Cushion Cut - Heated Natural Ceylon Sapphire1.02 ct · 6.2 × 5.6 × 3.9 mm$1,050The market
Sydney and Melbourne are the two largest markets, and they come to Ceylon sapphire from different directions. Sydney’s bespoke jewellers set a great many sapphire engagement rings, and a one to two carat Ceylon blue is the classic centre stone for one. Melbourne has the largest Sri Lankan community in Australia, concentrated around Dandenong in the south-east, and a buyer from that community often arrives with family knowledge of the trade and a very exact idea of the stone they want.
Queensland is a special case. Buyers who grew up near the Anakie fields know Australian sapphire well: typically a darker, inkier blue, or the green, yellow and parti stones the fields are famous for, mined in commercial quantities and priced accordingly. A Ceylon blue is a lighter, brighter, more saturated stone, and the difference in price between the two is mostly that colour. Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart get the same service as Sydney and Melbourne, since we deliver premium sapphires Australia-wide by air, on the same terms at every address.
Australian Consumer Law requires that a stone be described accurately, and that applies to origin and treatment as much as to weight. It suits the way we sell. The origin on the report is the laboratory’s finding, the treatment is stated on the listing and confirmed on the report, and the report number is published so you can check it with the laboratory yourself.
Jewellers and designers buying a loose stone for a commission get what an individual gets: measurements to a tenth of a millimetre, 360 footage, the report and a dealer’s price. There is no separate trade price, because the price is already a dealer’s.
What we sell
The stone Sri Lanka is known for: a medium, bright blue with a hint of violet, from soft cornflower to a saturated royal blue. Most of what we sell is this stone, in sizes from under a carat upwards.
The pink-orange sapphire found almost nowhere but Sri Lanka, and the rarest colour we handle. Genuine, certified stones are scarce; we list one when we have one and source to order when we do not.
The same gravels give pink, yellow, white and the occasional teal. Yellow Ceylon sapphire in particular is bought both for jewellery and, in many South Asian families, for tradition.
Heating is the trade’s normal finish, and a heated Ceylon sapphire is a fine, legitimate stone. An unheated one is scarcer and costs roughly two to five times as much. We sell both and state which is which on every listing, confirmed on the report.
From the same pits as the sapphires: cobalt blue, hot pink, red, lavender and grey. Rarely treated at all, and still quietly undervalued.
If nothing listed is right, tell us the colour, carat, cut and budget. We search our network in Sri Lanka and bring back certified options, with no fee and no obligation.
Paperwork
Every stone we sell carries a report from an independent laboratory, TGL (a GIA-alumni laboratory), Guild or GIC, stating what the stone is, whether it has been heated, and where it came from. The report number is published on the listing, so you can check it with the laboratory before you write to us.
Before the parcel leaves Sri Lanka, the National Gem and Jewellery Authority and Sri Lanka Customs inspect the stone and seal it, and the export papers carry your name and address. The original report travels inside the parcel, and the export papers are what your own customs will want to see.
How to read a sapphire certificate →Delivery and duties
Shipping is free, and every parcel is insured and tracked from Colombo to your door. A stone normally arrives seven to ten business days after we dispatch it, so allow about two weeks from confirming the order. Before it leaves, the National Gem and Jewellery Authority and Sri Lanka Customs inspect the stone and seal the parcel, and the original laboratory report travels inside it.
You are the importer. As a rule Australia charges no customs duty on loose, unset precious stones, but goods and services tax (GST) at 10 per cent is charged on a parcel worth more than AUD 1,000 when it enters the country, and the courier that clears it may add a handling fee. The Australian Border Force publishes the current rules; check them before you buy.
Prices are in US dollars. You pay by bank transfer, or another method we agree with you in writing, and your bank converts from Australian dollars at its own rate. We dispatch once the payment has cleared. If the stone is not right when it arrives, tell us within 14 days and send it back insured and tracked for a full refund of the price.
Sri Lanka is four and a half hours behind Sydney and Melbourne and two and a half behind Perth, so we are at our desks for most of your afternoon. We reply personally, within two business days.
Why Crestonne
We buy at the pits and markets of Sri Lanka, in person, from the small-scale miners and cutters we know. No middlemen between Ratnapura and your door, so you pay for the sapphire, not its journey.
The founder picks and grades every stone himself, and rejects far more than ever get listed. If it is on the site, it earned its place.
Shipping is free. Every parcel is insured and tracked from Colombo until it is in your hands, and the laboratory report travels inside it.
Tell us within 14 days of delivery, from any country, and send the stone back insured and tracked for a full refund of the price. No reason needed.
Questions
The practical questions: delivery, duties, payment and what arrives in the parcel. Everything about the stones themselves is answered on the FAQ page.
All questions, answered →Mostly in colour. Australian sapphire from Queensland and New South Wales tends to a darker, inkier blue, with a lot of green, yellow and parti material; it is mined in volume and priced for it. Ceylon sapphire is the lighter, brighter, more saturated blue that the trade treats as the reference, and it is cleaner in larger sizes. Both are natural. A laboratory report tells them apart.
How origins compare →Yes. Pick a stone from the collection or send us a brief, and we confirm it is available and settle the details with you personally. It leaves Sri Lanka insured and tracked, with its laboratory report, and reaches any address in Australia in about two weeks.
As a rule there is no customs duty on a loose, unset precious stone, but GST at 10 per cent is charged on a parcel worth more than AUD 1,000 when it enters the country, and the courier may add a handling fee for clearing it. You are the importer, so these are yours to pay. The Australian Border Force has the current rules.
Seven to ten business days after dispatch, as a rule, and we dispatch once your payment has cleared and the export inspection in Sri Lanka is done. Allow about two weeks from confirming the order. You get the tracking number as soon as the parcel leaves.
A laboratory report is a gemmological finding, not a national document, so any Australian gemmologist or valuer can read it. It comes from TGL, Guild or GIC, and its number is on the listing to be checked with the laboratory. If a valuer or insurer wants a local report, have the stone examined after it arrives; the return window runs 14 days from delivery, so book early.
Yes, and most buyers do. We sell the loose stone; the listing gives its measurements to a tenth of a millimetre, so your jeweller can plan the setting before it arrives. The journal has a guide to choosing a setting.
Choosing the setting →Before you buy
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