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Sapphire
Sapphire
Sapphire
Sapphire

Sapphire

by Nineteen48

📏 8.5 × 5.0 mm

⚖️ 1.14 ct

🌱 Natural sapphire

Elahera, Sri Lanka

Cut and finished in Sri Lanka

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🤝 Responsibly sourced through Nineteen48's trusted supply chain

This unusually cut sapphire is a variation of a tapered baguette, giving it the look of a coffin. The stone has good clarity and a cool combination of blue and green colours, blended together in a "parti" style.

The gem was responsibly sourced from an artisanal mine in the Elahera mining area of central Sri Lanka and also cut in the country. 

SKU SL-EH-SAP-000034
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Responsibly sourced sapphires from Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Australia and Malawi. Nineteen48 works directly with a trusted network of miners and suppliers to ensure all sapphires are sourced through a fair and transparent supply chain.

Sapphires are a popular gemstone due to the spectrum of colours they come in. From traditional rich blue to pale azure, you can also find violet, yellow, green, teal, orange, pink... any colour except red.

Sapphires are part of the corundum family.

Red corundum is ruby, however there is no official classification for this. If you are looking for a red ruby or a pink sapphire, do broaden your search to look for both.

Nineteen48 sapphires are responsibly sourced from Sri Lanka and Tanzania. Many of Nineteen48's sapphires come directly from their own artisanal mine near Kuruwita. Others are sourced through a long-established network of local Sri Lankan miners, with whom strong and trusted relationships have been developed over the years.

Australian sapphires are supplied by Capricorn Gems and Malawi sapphires are provided by Fair Trade Gemstones.

Nineteen48, Capricorn Gems and Fair Trade Gemstones are members of the Ethical Gem Suppliers.

Elahera is a town in the North Central province in Sri Lanka, located between Kandy and Dambulla.

This region has been a productive gem-mining area for several decades.

Gemmological Info

Sapphire is corundum in any colour except red. When corundum is red, it is called ruby. There is no definitive rule that separates pink and red - it is up to the viewer to decide if the stone is a ruby or a pink sapphire.

Composition: Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈ (beryllium aluminium silicate)
Crystal system: Hexagonal
Hardness: 7.5–8
Cleavage: Indistinct
Fracture: Conchoidal
Lustre: Vitreous
Specific Gravity (SG): 2.64–2.80
Refractive Index (RI): 1.560–1.602
Birefringence: 0.003–0.010
Optical nature: Uniaxial (-)
Dispersion: 0.014