PRECIOUS OVAL FACETED CUT 1.18 CARAT BLUE SAPPHIRE MINED FROM KASHMIR WITH AAA QUALITY

NATURAL AND UNTREATED (INCLUDING HEAT TREATMENT) PRECIOUS SAPPHIRE MINED FROM KASHMIR. GORGEOUS VIVID INK BLUE WHICH KASHMIR SAPPHIRES ARE PRIZED FOR. EXCELLENT EYE CLEAN CLARITY. MEASURES 7X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.18 CARATS. UNTREATED SAPPHIRES ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND VALUABLE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS QUALITY AND FROM THIS LOCATION! KASHMIR IS KNOWN AS THE MINE THAT PRODUCED THE HIGHEST QUALITY SAPPHIRES IN THE WORLD. STONES FROM THIS MINE ARE SO PERFECT EVERYBODY FROM ROYALTY TO CELEBRITIES PREFERRED THEM IN THEIR PIECES EVEN MORE THAN DIAMONDS IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES. HOWARD HUGHES (THE AIRLINE MOGUL AND CELEBRITY AVIATOR) WAS KNOWN TO HAVE A FASCINATION WITH THE STONES BECAUSE HE CONSIDERED THEM TO BE PERFECT. SAPPHIRES FROM THIS REGION HAVE SATURATED COLOR OFTEN DESCRIBED AS INKY ALONG WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY. IT IS THE ONLY MINE IN RECORDED HISTORY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BLUE SAPPHIRES WITH SUCH AMAZING COLOR THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE HEAT TREATED. THE LACK OF HEATING SAPPHIRES WITH COLOR SUCH AS THESE LEAVES THE NATURAL SILKY GEMMY APPEARANCE EXPERIENCED GEMOLOGISTS CRAVE. KASHMIR SAPPHIRES ARE MINED FROM A REGION PLAGUES WITH CONFLICT SITTING BETWEEN THE PAKISTANI AND INDIAN BORDER. A DISPUTE OVER THE LAND HAS CAUSED SMALL BATTLES AND ON AND OFF MORTER SHELLING FOR DECADES. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE MINES DEPLETION HAS CAUSED THESE STONES TO BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND THEIR PRICES DOUBLE - TRIPLE EACH PASSING DECADE.