Sapphire 1.45 cts, Australia, unheated, untreated, subtly chatoyant
This is a beautiful rarity among natural Australian rough blue/teal sapphires. We cut this stone to feature a razor thin chatoyant layer on its uppermost boundary facet, i.e., "the table". Chatoyance of this kind is due to a rutile/"silk" inhomogeneity found in some sapphires, this same leading when more pronounced to a star sapphire.
The result is a blue/teal sapphire with yellow-green side profile, precisely enough chatoyance on the gem's top to make it a clean gem while exhibiting the "winking" effect of a chatoyant stone (akin to cat’s eye, tiger’s eye, or star-sapphire) when viewed in motion, yet so subtly as to be near illusory.
A very large number of delicately placed facets lend this gem reflective and refractive brilliance via an original pixel-cut inspired faceting design. This consists of carefully placed micro facets chosen while cutting to best fit the rough stone and showcase its particular chatoyant subsurface. Precision cut and precision polished to suit nature’s design of the rough.
Far from typical rounds. Stunning.
https://youtube.com/shorts/xd4tgEWexCk?feature=share
#SubtlyChatoyant
This is a beautiful rarity among natural Australian rough blue/teal sapphires. We cut this stone to feature a razor thin chatoyant layer on its uppermost boundary facet, i.e., "the table". Chatoyance of this kind is due to a rutile/"silk" inhomogeneity found in some sapphires, this same leading when more pronounced to a star sapphire.
The result is a blue/teal sapphire with yellow-green side profile, precisely enough chatoyance on the gem's top to make it a clean gem while exhibiting the "winking" effect of a chatoyant stone (akin to cat’s eye, tiger’s eye, or star-sapphire) when viewed in motion, yet so subtly as to be near illusory.
A very large number of delicately placed facets lend this gem reflective and refractive brilliance via an original pixel-cut inspired faceting design. This consists of carefully placed micro facets chosen while cutting to best fit the rough stone and showcase its particular chatoyant subsurface. Precision cut and precision polished to suit nature’s design of the rough.
Far from typical rounds. Stunning.
https://youtube.com/shorts/xd4tgEWexCk?feature=share
#SubtlyChatoyant
This is a beautiful rarity among natural Australian rough blue/teal sapphires. We cut this stone to feature a razor thin chatoyant layer on its uppermost boundary facet, i.e., "the table". Chatoyance of this kind is due to a rutile/"silk" inhomogeneity found in some sapphires, this same leading when more pronounced to a star sapphire.
The result is a blue/teal sapphire with yellow-green side profile, precisely enough chatoyance on the gem's top to make it a clean gem while exhibiting the "winking" effect of a chatoyant stone (akin to cat’s eye, tiger’s eye, or star-sapphire) when viewed in motion, yet so subtly as to be near illusory.
A very large number of delicately placed facets lend this gem reflective and refractive brilliance via an original pixel-cut inspired faceting design. This consists of carefully placed micro facets chosen while cutting to best fit the rough stone and showcase its particular chatoyant subsurface. Precision cut and precision polished to suit nature’s design of the rough.
Far from typical rounds. Stunning.
https://youtube.com/shorts/xd4tgEWexCk?feature=share
#SubtlyChatoyant