BASALT STORM
Not all blue is the same. This one sits in a category the industry has given its own name.
Basalt Storm is built around a 1.20 carat indigo blue sapphire, certified by LOTUS Gemology with an Indigo Blue colour distinction, a dusky, medium-deep blue with intense to rich saturation that earns its classification without question. Basalt related sapphires form in volcanic environments and are found across a handful of countries. Origin often cannot be pinpointed with certainty. What can be determined is the quality of the stone, and this one is exceptional. Set in 950 platinum with 62 round brilliant diamonds totalling 0.29 carats in VS2 clarity and D colour pavé set across the shoulders, the ring lets the stone lead without competition.
No heat. No treatment. What you see is exactly what the earth made.
Basalt Storm comes with a LOTUS Gemology Gold 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.