Sri Lanka Pink Sapphire Prices

Sapphire with its mohs hardness score of 9 second only to diamond is one of the most valuable and wearable of all gemstones.

Sri lanka pink sapphire prices. For such pieces pink sapphire price per carat can range in million. Make offer unheated 0 88ct sri lanka ceylon pink sapphire oval cut vvs gemstone unheated 1 21 ct sri lanka ceylon pink sapphire oval cut vvs gemstone 1 200 00. Though sri lanka is most famous for blue sapphire the whole range of sapphire colors are found there especially yellow green pink violet and the very rare pink orange. These three bands are generally known as the 4500 complex and are very distinctive in sapphires.

The traditional center of sapphire production in sri lanka is ratnapura which is 100 km southeast of colombo. Abdull adee s gemstones. Besides the renowned blue sapphire the padparadscha sapphire is a highly desirable gemstone this extremely rare and sought after orangey pink sapphire was originally found in a sri lankan mine. The pink sapphires found in sri lanka are known as the hot pink sapphire or the sri lanka ruby.

Lines rarely seen in kashmir sapphires. A photo of a sapphire gemstones being mined in sri lanka. Famed for its brilliance and rich blue color sapphire actually occurs in a wide range of colors including pink yellow and green. Origin pink sapphire from sri lanka and burma are considered most valuable in the trade.

Make offer rare purplish pink sapphire pinkish purple unheated gem sri lanka fluorescent ov natural 3 00 carat unheated pink sapphire heart certified genuine loose gemstone 2 700 00. Generally pink sapphire cost per carat increases exponentially for stones above few carats. Even in today s global market sapphires with similar qualities command the highest prices per carat at present some of the world s largest blue sapphires and star sapphires have originated from sri lanka including blue giant of the orient logan sapphire and the star of adam and ceylon blue sapphires are celebrated worldwide for clarity. Padparadscha sapphires can fetch over 20 000 per carat.

The rare green sapphires found in sri lanka has a brown and black hue that has not been discovered among the green hued sapphires mined in other gem producing countries in the world while the ceylon lavender sapphires contain the most. The name comes from the sanskrit sihalese word padma raga which means lotus color as the gemstone s color resembles that of a. Sri lanka still produces beautiful sapphire gems to this day. Blue sapphire padparadscha sapphire pink sapphire yellow sapphire and more colors ruby cat s eye alexandrite tsavorite spinel etc.

It is difficult to find a large pink sapphire in good color and clarity.