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3.42ct Unheated Ceylon Blue Sapphire

3.42 ct · Sapphire

A properly unheated Ceylon cushion in the blue the trade means when it says cornflower.

$18,900

$5,526.32 per carat · AUD, GST included where applicable

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About this stone

Unheated blue sapphire from Elahera, certified by GRS with origin and no indications of heating. The colour is a medium-tone cornflower with strong saturation and no zoning visible face-up — the window that opens under a torch closes completely in normal light, which is as much as one can ask of a stone cut to keep weight.

The cut is a native mixed cut with a brilliant crown over a step pavilion, re-polished by us on the table and a small area of the girdle. Extinction is minimal for the shape. Eye clean; under 10× there are fine silk needles consistent with an unheated Sri Lankan origin, and they are part of why the report reads the way it does.

Specification

Specification for 3.42ct Unheated Ceylon Blue Sapphire
FormCut stone
SpeciesSapphire
Weight3.42 ct
ShapeCushion
Measurements9.6 × 8.1 × 5.4 mm
ColourCornflower blue — medium tone, strong saturation, even across the faceour description
Colour familyBlue
ClarityEye clean
CutMixed cut, brilliant crown over a step pavilion. Native re-polish, well closed.
OriginElahera, Sri Lankastated on the GRS report

How big it actually is

ANY BANK CARD
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Treatment & certification

Unheated

No heat and no other treatment of any kind. Bought at source, so the heat status is known rather than assumed.

How we know

No indications of heating (GRS report GRS2026-041188).

GRS reportGRS2026-041188

Natural sapphire, Sri Lanka, no indications of heating.

Issued 11 March 2026. The report travels with the stone.

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