An exceptional fine peachy pink unheated untreated natural padparadscha sapphire and diamond halo 18K ring circa 1950.
This pretty engagement ring is a high end piece from the mid century era. The color of the sapphire is pink with just a touch of peach which is classic for rare padparadscha colored sapphires. It presents beautifully in all sorts of different lighting conditions including fluorescent light and daylight.
The stunning padparadscha pastel peachy pink natural sapphire measures a big 7.92 x 5.65 x 4.37mm, and weighs an impressive 1.75 carats. This unique color wonderful padparadscha sapphire is extra fine gem quality and just as mother nature made it - untreated and unheated it has only been faceted and polished!
It is so rare to find an unheated untreated natural sapphire of this color, quality and size.
There are ten 1.85mm VS G color round brilliant cut in the diamond halo, making a total diamond weight of 0.25 ct.
The total padparadscha sapphire and diamond weight is 2.00 carats.
The diamond halo surrounding the exceptional padparadscha sapphire adds just the perfect amount of sparkle and color contrast.
It is marked inside for solid 18K gold and professional testing by our appraisers confirms this. It weighs 3.02 grams. This ring is a size 5 1/4 US. It can be resized within a range.
The padparadscha sapphire in this ring is truly gorgeous an ideal padparadscha peach color and what quality it is!
An Appraisal and Gem Report is included with your purchase.
We will ship in a presentation box ready for gifting and for safe keeping.
The photos form part of the description. Like all colored stones there is a color variation that occurs in different lighting conditions both inside but also outside, even the time of day can make the color of a stone appear a little different. We do our best to show colors as we see them. Color perception is highly individual and some people can perceive more colors than others, also colors can appear somewhat different on different screens and devices due to variations in screen hardware and device display settings.
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Unfortunately, in the last two decades many sapphires seen in modern jewelry have had the color induced by high temperature heating in chemicals such as beryllium. This is called diffusion treatment and includes surface diffusion, bulk diffusion, lattice diffusion, deep diffusion and beryllium treatment. In recent years sapphires have been clarity enhanced by filling any fissures or cracks with molten lead glass, sometimes the glass is colored as well, with time the filler falls out or goes cloudy ruining the stone. Polymer resins can be used in a similar way. Colored coatings can be applied to the back of a sapphire. These treatments are undesirable and such treated stones are of very low value. The gorgeous sapphire in this very special one of a kind ring is unheated and untreated making it an ideal choice for a special sapphire celebration ring such as an engagement or anniversary ring to be handed down in the family for generations to come.
