Ceylon Sapphires Worldwide
Natural Ceylon sapphires, bought at source in Sri Lanka and delivered to Singapore insured, with the laboratory report in the parcel. One plain price per stone, in US dollars.
Singapore is a four-hour flight from Colombo and one of the most careful gemstone markets in Asia. Buyers there are used to reading a laboratory report, used to asking about treatment, and used to prices that have been through Bangkok, Hong Kong and a local boutique before reaching them. A Ceylon sapphire bought at source answers all three habits at once.
Crestonne sells from Sri Lanka directly. We live and buy here, choose each sapphire in person, have it certified by an independent laboratory, and ship it to Singapore with free insured delivery. One plain price per stone, in US dollars, with the report number published on the listing so you can check it before you write to us. If you want to buy a Ceylon sapphire in Singapore without paying for the stops it made on the way, this is the short route.
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
Engagement rings lead. A Ceylon blue sapphire has become a considered alternative to a diamond for Singaporean couples, partly for the colour and partly because a natural Ceylon sapphire in Singapore, with its origin on a laboratory report, is a better object to own than a stone nobody can trace. The usual request is a one to two carat stone in a bright, medium blue, set locally by a jeweller on Orchard Road or in a smaller studio.
Singapore’s Sri Lankan and Tamil communities are the second group, and the most exacting. A Sri Lankan sapphire in Singapore is often a family purchase. Many have bought the stone for generations and want the specific things a report can prove: that the stone is natural, whether it has been heated, and that the colour is what the photograph shows. Our listings are filmed in 360 under even light for exactly that reason.
The third is the private buyer who treats a fine unheated stone as a thing to hold rather than wear. Singapore is a natural home for that buyer: stable, well banked and a short flight from the source. For them the interesting stones are the unheated blues above two carats and padparadscha: the premium sapphires in Singapore that rarely reach a boutique window, because they are sold before they get there. The occasional exceptional spinel from the same gravels interests them too.
Jewellers and designers get what the individual buyer gets: measurements to a tenth of a millimetre, 360 footage, the report and a dealer’s price.
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. Singapore charges no customs duty on gemstones, but goods and services tax (GST) at 9 per cent is payable on the stone’s value when it enters the country, and the courier that clears the parcel may add a handling fee. Singapore Customs 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 Singapore 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.
Singapore is two and a half hours ahead of Sri Lanka, so our working days almost entirely overlap. 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 →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 Singapore in about two weeks.
Yes. GST at 9 per cent is payable on the stone’s value when it enters Singapore; there is no customs duty on gemstones. You are the importer, so it is yours to pay, usually to the courier before delivery. Singapore Customs 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.
Often, but compare reports, not cities. A stone bought at source skips the margins between Ratnapura, the regional trading centres and a Singapore boutique. The only like-for-like comparison, though, is the same weight and colour with the same treatment stated by a laboratory. Compare the reports first, then the prices.
Yes. The report number is on the listing, so you can check it with the issuing laboratory before you buy, and once the stone arrives you can have it examined locally. The return window runs 14 days from delivery, so book the examination 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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Heat treatment is the single biggest price lever in the sapphire market. Here is exactly what it does to the stone, and when paying the unheated premium is worth it.
Tell us the colour, carat and budget, and where in Singapore it is going. We search our network in Sri Lanka and bring you certified options, with no obligation to buy.
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