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Blue Spinel · Unheated
Sri LankaCertified
$550$350Save 36%
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I like this spinel's smoky, greyish blue tone, an unheated 1.16ct Ceylon stone with a well-cut oval face and clarity clean enough to hold that color steady.
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By the founder
I like blue spinel that doesn't try too hard, and this one doesn't. At 1.16 carats it reads as a soft, greyish blue, the kind of colour that shifts with the light rather than shouting under it. No heat, no enhancement of any kind, just the stone as it came out of the ground in Sri Lanka. Spinel this size and this honest about its inclusions is exactly the sort of thing I go looking for on buying trips, because it's real without being precious about it.
The cut is the part I'd point out first to anyone considering this piece. It's an oval, graded Very Good, and the proportions (7.97 x 5.15 x 3.54mm) give it a face-up size that wears bigger than 1.16 carats usually does. There are slight inclusions, visible if you go hunting with a loupe, but they sit quietly and don't interrupt the colour. That combination, a well-cut oval with clean-enough clarity in an unheated stone, is what makes this one worth setting rather than shelving.
Who is it for? Honestly, I think this stone wants to be worn, not just admired in a drawer. Put it in a ring and the oval shape elongates the finger nicely, and greyish blue is forgiving with everything from white gold to yellow. It would also make a genuinely nice pendant, small enough to sit close to the skin and let the colour do the talking. If you're a collector who cares about unheated Ceylon material with paperwork to back it, the TGL certificate covers that ground properly. This isn't a showpiece stone shouting for attention. It's a well-cut, honestly graded spinel that I'd wear myself, which is usually the best endorsement I can give.
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Common questions
The questions buyers ask about this particular stone, answered against its own report and measurements.
Ask questions about this stoneIt is a cool, slightly smoky blue, the kind of tone you get in spinel that has a touch of grey woven through the saturation rather than a pure, saturated blue. I would not call it a vivid stone, and I would not market it as one; it reads calm and steely, which some buyers actively prefer over a punchier hue.
It means the inclusions are visible under magnification but do not intrude on the eye-clean face-up look at 1.16 carats. I chose this particular oval because at normal viewing distance the stone reads clean and bright, even though a loupe will show it is a natural crystal, not a lab-grown one.
At 7.97 x 5.15 x 3.54 mm, this spinel has a longer, more elongated footprint than a round stone of the same weight, so it covers more visual real estate on the finger or in a pendant setting than the carat number alone suggests. The Very Good cut grade means the proportions were cut for brightness rather than pushed for maximum yield.
The report, numbered TGLR-091026001-9460-6-ARN, documents this stone as a natural, unheated blue spinel from Sri Lanka, along with its measurements and clarity characteristics. It is the paper trail I rely on so you are not taking my word alone on origin and treatment.
It comes from Sri Lanka's gem gravels, the same alluvial deposits that have produced fine spinel and corundum for centuries. I source through relationships built on that Ceylon supply chain, so when I say Sri Lankan origin, it is because the stone's journey back to those gem fields is one I can actually stand behind.
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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