BASALT DREAM
There are greens that belong to forests. There are blues that belong to the sea. This stone carries both at once, and belongs entirely to itself.
Basalt Dream is built around a 1.32 carat bluish green sapphire, formed in a basaltic environment where iron and titanium work quietly within the crystal to produce a colour that sits between water and moss, between calm and wild. Flanking it are two princess cut diamonds totalling 0.34 carats in VS clarity and D-F colour, set in 14 karat white gold that lets the sapphire remain the only conversation in the room.
Basalt related sapphires are found across a handful of countries, from Australia to Madagascar to Vietnam. Origin often cannot be determined with certainty. What can be determined is the quality of the stone, and this one is exceptional.
No heat. No treatment. What you see is exactly what the earth made.
Basalt Dream comes with a LOTUS Gemology certificate and is presented in an original Orloff of Denmark ring box.
ONE OF A KIND.
ORLOFF OF DENMARK.
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About Sapphire
Sapphire is one of the oldest symbols of nobility and truth in the world. Kings wore it. Clergy prized it. And for good reason.
Most people think of sapphire as blue. The reality is far more interesting. Sapphire occurs in almost every colour, pink, yellow, orange, green, violet and white. The blue variety simply captured the world's attention first and never let go.
What separates a fine sapphire from an ordinary one is a combination of colour saturation, clarity and origin. The most coveted specimens come from Kashmir, Burma and Ceylon. Kashmir sapphires, mined in a remote Himalayan valley and largely exhausted by the early 20th century, are considered the benchmark by which all others are measured. Their velvety, cornflower blue is unlike anything found elsewhere.
Like most corundum, sapphires are routinely heated to improve colour and clarity. A no-heat sapphire of fine quality is genuinely exceptional and commands a significant premium among serious collectors.
Sapphire does not need to be explained to those who already love it. For everyone else, it is simply one of the most beautiful things the earth has ever produced.