PERFECTLY MATCHED PAIR OF OVAL CUT PRECIOUS COLORLESS SAPPHIRES MINED FROM CEYLON

PERFECTLY MATCHED PAIR OF OVAL CUT PRECIOUS SAPPHIRES MINED FROM BURMA IN THE 1940'S AND IMPOERTED AS INVESTMENT ROUGH. BOTH GEMS IN THE PAIR WERE FACETED LAST YEAR FROM THE SAME PIECE OF ROUGH TO INSURE A PERFECT MATCH. BOTH GEMSTONES WERE CUT INTO OVAL BRILLIANT CUTS WITH PERFECT PROPORTIONS AND PREMIUM CUT GRADES. BOTH OF THESE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY GEMSTONES HAVE FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY, PERFECTLY COLORLESS HUE, AND BLINDING BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURING 6X4 MM EACH WITH A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 1.18 CARATS THESE SAPPHIRES ARE THE PERFECT SIZE FOR USE AS EARRINGS OR NEARLY ANY OTHER APPLICATION. THESE SAPPHIRES WERE IMPORTED FROM BURMA LONG BEFORE THE TRADE EMBARGO WAS ENACTED (IN THE 1940'S) AND STORED AS INVESTMENT ROUGH SINCE. THEY ARE COMPLETELY LEGAL TO OWN AND SELL AND ARE ALSO COMPLETELY CONFLICT FREE. SAPPHIRES OF THIS QUALITY ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN MATCHED PAIRS AND USUALLY COMMAND 6-8 TIMES THE SELLING PRICE BECAUSE OF THEIR EXTREME RARITY. SAPPHIRES COME IN A HUGE VARIETY OF HUES AND CLARITIES MAKING MATCHING THEM VERY HARD, AND DECREASING THE SIZE OF A SINGLE STONE TO MAKE TWO BY CUTTING A PAIR FROM THE SAME PIECE OF ROUGH IS NEVER DONE BY CUTTERS UNLESS SPECIFICALLY ADVISED TO. THIS IS A VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PERFECT AAA QUALITY MATCHED PAIR OF SAPPHIRES FOR A FRACTION OF THEIR VALUE. SAPPHIRES ARE ONE OF ONLY 3 MEMBERS OF THE PRECIOUS GEMSTONE FAMILY DUE TO THEIR RARITY, BEAUTY, AND VALUE. FOUND IN EVERY COLOR IMAGINABLE SAPPHIRES OFFER A GREAT VARIETY OF HUES TO FIT ANYBODIES JEWELRY NEEDS. THE FINEST SAPPHIRES IN THE WORLD COME FROM MONTANA, CEYLON, SRI-LANKA, KASHMIR, BURMA, AND THAILAND. SAPPHIRES CAN BE FOUND ON EVERY CONTINENT AND EACH REGION IS KNOWN FOR DIFFERENT COLORS OR PROPERTIES. WITH A HARDNESS OF 9 (MOHS SCALE OF HARDNESS) AND VERY STRONG DURABILITY THIS SPECIES IS PERFECT FOR EVERYDAY WEAR EVEN WHEN SET IN A RING. SAPPHIRES CAN BE CLEANED USING MOST INDUSTRY METHODS AND DOES NOT REACT TO CHEMICALS. GIA ESTIMATES OVER 99% OF THE SAPPHIRES INTRODUCED IN TODAYS MARKET ARE TREATED (HEAT IS THE MOST COMMON) TO IMPROVE BOTH COLOR AND CLARITY. UNTREATED SAPPHIRES ARE VERY RARE AND EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE OFTEN COMMANDING THOUSANDS PER CARAT FOR AVERAGE QUALITY GEMSTONES.