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 give an oddity: a clean gem that nonetheless exhibits 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.
The result is a one-of-a-kind blue/teal quasi-parti color sapphire having subtle yellows and greens showing from some side angles, magically near-invisible chatoyance, and a reflected and refractive brilliance owing to an original, pixel-cut inspired faceting design consisting of carefully placed micro facets chosen in a novel form. Precision cut and precision polished with choices tailored during cutting to suit this particular stone. Far from typical rounds. Stunning.
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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 give an oddity: a clean gem that nonetheless exhibits 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.
The result is a one-of-a-kind blue/teal quasi-parti color sapphire having subtle yellows and greens showing from some side angles, magically near-invisible chatoyance, and a reflected and refractive brilliance owing to an original, pixel-cut inspired faceting design consisting of carefully placed micro facets chosen in a novel form. Precision cut and precision polished with choices tailored during cutting to suit this particular stone. Far from typical rounds. Stunning.
https://youtube.com/shorts/xd4tgEWexCk?feature=share
#SubtlyChatoyant
Shipping to continental US only. (For shipping elsewhere, please contact before purchase to make shipping plans.)
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 give an oddity: a clean gem that nonetheless exhibits 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.
The result is a one-of-a-kind blue/teal quasi-parti color sapphire having subtle yellows and greens showing from some side angles, magically near-invisible chatoyance, and a reflected and refractive brilliance owing to an original, pixel-cut inspired faceting design consisting of carefully placed micro facets chosen in a novel form. Precision cut and precision polished with choices tailored during cutting to suit this particular stone. Far from typical rounds. Stunning.
https://youtube.com/shorts/xd4tgEWexCk?feature=share
#SubtlyChatoyant
Shipping to continental US only. (For shipping elsewhere, please contact before purchase to make shipping plans.)