A natural Ceylon sapphire of vivid orangy yellow, a deep, warm gold. At 10.568 ct the pear is a large stone, evenly coloured and transparent, with stable colour.
This stone has been heated. Bellerophon Gemlab records indications of heating and notes no other treatment. Heating is the long-established, permanent treatment used on most sapphire; we state it plainly so that the price reflects it.
Mined at Téja's own pit at Horaketiya, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, and cut in Sri Lanka.
Bellerophon Gemlab, Paris, has identified it as a natural sapphire of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) provenance in vivid orangy yellow, with indications of heating, report no. C02076, dated 19 June 2026. The report, with a 360° video, can be verified at bellerophongemlab.com.
A centre stone for a pendant or a substantial ring. Available to view in Colombo by appointment. Further images and video on request via WhatsApp.
- Weight: 10.568 ct
- Dimensions: 14.53 × 10.52 × 8.23 mm
- Shape: faceted pear
- Colour: vivid orangy yellow
- Colour distribution: even
- Colour stability: stable
- Clarity: transparent
- Fluorescence: faint
- Treatment: heated (indications of heating)
- Origin: Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Horaketiya, Ratnapura
- Report: Bellerophon Gemlab C02076
