Ceylon Sapphires Worldwide
Natural Ceylon sapphires, bought at the pits and markets of Ratnapura and delivered to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and every other emirate insured, with the laboratory report in the parcel.
Dubai is four and a half hours from Colombo by air and one of the busiest gem trading cities in the world, so a Ceylon sapphire is never far from the Emirates. A good share of the blue sapphire sold in the Gold Souk in Deira and in the trading towers of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre began in Sri Lankan gravel, and a Sri Lankan sapphire in Dubai is as likely to be called a Ceylon stone as anything else; the two names mean the same island. The question for anyone after a natural Ceylon sapphire in the UAE is not whether one is available, but how many hands it passed through on the way and what each of them added to the price.
Crestonne takes those hands out. We live and buy in Sri Lanka, select each stone in person, have it certified by an independent laboratory, and ship it to the UAE with free insured delivery. The price is the one a dealer would pay, in US dollars, which the dirham is pegged to.
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
The UAE is home to large Sri Lankan, Indian and Pakistani communities, and those are the buyers who know Ceylon sapphire best. Many grew up with the stone, bought it for weddings and gifts, and have relatives who can tell a Ceylon blue from a Thai one across a room. For them the report matters as much for the treatment as for the origin: an unheated stone, confirmed as unheated by a laboratory, is usually the first thing asked about.
Dubai’s jewellers and designers are the second group. The city’s trade is built around gold and diamonds, and a designer who needs one fine loose sapphire for a client can find the local wholesale stock is either commercial grade or priced for the souk; premium sapphires in the UAE tend to arrive already set, in someone else’s design. Buying the stone at source, with its measurements and 360 footage, lets them quote the client before the stone has arrived.
The third group is the international resident who wants to buy a Ceylon sapphire in Dubai for an engagement ring or a gift, often with a budget set in dirhams. Because the dirham is pegged to the US dollar, our dollar price is a fixed number in dirhams as well: there is no exchange rate to watch.
Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the northern emirates are served exactly as Dubai is. Every parcel flies to the UAE and then goes by courier to the door, wherever the door is.
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. The flight itself is under five hours; the time goes on inspection and clearance at both ends, so a stone normally arrives seven to ten business days after we dispatch it. 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. The UAE charges value added tax (VAT) at 5 per cent on imported goods, calculated on the stone’s value, and whether customs duty applies as well depends on how the parcel is classified. Dubai Customs or the courier’s broker can confirm the current figures; check them before you buy.
Prices are in US dollars, and the dirham has been pegged to the dollar at 3.6725 since 1997, so the dirham figure is as fixed as the dollar one. You pay by bank transfer, or another method we agree with you in writing, and 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.
The UAE is an hour and a half behind Sri Lanka, so we keep almost the same hours as you. 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, to Dubai and to every other emirate. 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 you in about two weeks.
VAT at 5 per cent is charged on the stone’s value when it enters the country, and whether customs duty applies as well depends on the parcel’s classification. You are the importer, so these are yours to pay, usually to the courier before delivery. Dubai Customs or a broker can confirm the current figures.
Seven to ten business days after dispatch, as a rule. The flight is short; the time goes on the export inspection in Sri Lanka and clearance in the UAE. We dispatch once your payment has cleared, so allow about two weeks from confirming the order. You get the tracking number as soon as the parcel leaves.
Not automatically, and the city is the wrong thing to compare. A stone bought at source skips the margins between Ratnapura and Deira, but the only like-for-like comparison is the report: the same weight and colour, with the same treatment stated by a laboratory. Compare the reports first, then the prices.
Prices are in US dollars, and the dirham is pegged to the dollar at 3.6725, so the dirham figure is fixed. You pay by bank transfer or another method we agree with you in writing; your bank converts at its own rate and may add a charge of its own.
Yes. We sell unheated and heated stones and state which is which on every listing, confirmed on the laboratory report. An unheated stone is scarcer and costs roughly two to five times as much as a heated one of the same quality; heated stones are fine, legitimate sapphires, and most of what the trade sells.
Unheated vs heated, explained →Before you buy
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Tell us the colour, carat and budget, and where in the UAE it is going. We search our network in Sri Lanka and bring you certified options, with no obligation to buy.
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