A scintillating sapphire commission

Recently one of Katie’s very good customers came in with some sad news, but never fear there is a happy ending. Originally, our customer had purchased a really lovely Tanzanite and diamond ring from us. Recently though after a number of years, the ring had been accidentally knocked. The result of this was that the tanzanite was very badly chipped. It had sustained damage to such an extent that it could not be re-polished.

Now, the silver lining of this initially sad situation, as specialist coloured gemstone dealers, we were able to harness our skill and source a suitable replacement gemstone. Katie consulted with the customer and established that whilst we could replace the Tanzanite, it was suggested that we could source a sapphire. The advantage of which, sapphire is a harder gemstone in comparison to tanzanite- thus reducing the risk of this being repeated. It is important to say, that this should not be a negative as such against tanzanite- but every gemstone has limitations and we do always discuss these so customers are fully aware. It was established that the customer loved the colour of the tanzanite. Katie then consulted with David Clark, who is a gemmologist, and between them they came up with a number of beautiful sapphires to present to the customer. The stone that was selected was a stunning 2.32 carat ‘Ceylon’ sapphire, Ceylon which is now known as Sri-Lanka. This stone has a report from a gemstone laboratory as a top-grade sapphire, with superb uniform colouration and lustre.

The lovely 2.32 carat ‘Ceylon’ sapphire.

I managed to take a photo of the ring before we unset the damaged tanzanite, alongside with the replacement sapphire.

Tanzanite with the chip on the right-hand edge. With the amazing Sapphire below, waiting to be set into the ring.

The amazing result does not need much introduction, and you can see the sapphire looks like it had been there from the very start. Needless to say the customer was absolutely delighted when Katie presented the finished ring to her.