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White Sapphire · Unheated
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$1,200
Insured worldwide shipping included.
I love this white sapphire for its clean, icy brilliance, a 2.06ct cushion cut, unheated and eye clean, cut sharp enough to catch every bit of light.
From the buying desk
By the founder
I picked this one up because white sapphire doesn't get the attention it deserves. Everyone wants blue, or pink, or that padparadscha glow, and the colourless stones sit quietly in the parcel until someone who knows what they're looking at picks them out. This one is 2.06 carats, cut as a cushion, and the cutter clearly knew the rough was worth the extra time. It reads as an excellent cut grade for a reason: the proportions are even, the corners are crisp, and the stone throws light back at you without any dead zones.
It's unheated, which for a colourless sapphire is worth pausing on. Most white sapphire on the market has been heat treated to lighten or clear up the colour, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's standard practice. But finding one that came out of the ground already this clean and colourless, with no treatment needed, is a different thing. Clarity is eye clean, so under normal viewing you're looking at a stone with no visible inclusions pulling your eye away from the cut.
As for what it suits: this is a ring stone first. At 8.61 x 5.34 x 4.9mm it has real presence on the finger, more spread than a round of the same weight, and the cushion shape wears softer than a sharp emerald or princess cut. It also works beautifully as a pendant centre stone if someone wants brilliance without colour competing with everything else they wear. And I'll say this plainly: it's a collector's stone too. Anyone building a set of unheated sapphires across the colour range needs a colourless one in there, and they're harder to find in this size and cut quality than the blues.
On value, the comparison people reach for is diamond, and fairly so. A white sapphire this size gives you a large, bright, durable stone at a fraction of what a comparable diamond would cost, without pretending to be one. But within sapphires themselves, unheated colourless material over two carats with a clean excellent cut isn't common stock. Most of what circulates is heated, smaller, or cut for yield rather than light return. This one wasn't.
No certificate travels with this stone. I'm comfortable saying that outright, because everything else about it, the cut, the clarity, the lack of treatment, speaks for itself once it's in hand.
Common questions
The questions buyers ask about this particular stone, answered against its own report and measurements.
Ask questions about this stoneI sourced this white sapphire as a natural, unheated stone, which is the rarer tier for colourless sapphires since most on the market pass through a heating process to lighten or clarify them. This one reached its clean, bright colourless state without any help, which is part of why I chose it.
That note is the lab's way of flagging a whisper of secondary hue that most eyes will never catch face up. Ceylon white sapphires very often carry a faint undertone like this rather than being perfectly neutral, and it has no bearing on the stone's clarity or the way it sparkles once set.
I don't have a confirmed mine origin for this particular stone, so I'm not going to guess at one. What I can vouch for is that it's a natural, unheated white sapphire that I selected for its cut and clarity rather than a documented locality.
There's no certificate attached to this specific stone. I chose to buy and offer it based on my own examination of its cut, clarity, and the fact that it's unheated, and I've described those qualities plainly here rather than leaning on a report.
Eye clean means that at normal viewing distance, without a loupe, you won't see any inclusions interrupting the stone's brightness. On a cushion cut like this one, that clean face means the light moves through the pavilion without any visible interruption, so the cut's brilliance really gets to show off.
At 8.61 by 5.34 by 4.9mm, this cushion cut white sapphire has an elongated silhouette that reads larger across the finger than a round stone of the same 2.06 carat weight. That shape and size make it a strong choice for a statement ring or a pendant where you want the stone itself to be the focus rather than a supporting cast of smaller accents.
Shipping and returns
Free standard shipping worldwide. Every stone leaves Sri Lanka fully insured, with a tracking number, and normally arrives within 7 to 10 business days. Customs duties and import taxes, where they apply, are the buyer's responsibility.
If you are not satisfied, return the stone within 7 days of receiving it, in its original, unused condition, for a full refund. The refund is processed as soon as the stone is back with us. If anything is unclear before or after you buy, just ask.
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