1.69 Ct. Cabochon Kornerupine from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

A soft sunlit hush lives inside this one of a kind stone, a semi translucent brown kornerupine that feels like a private sunset held beneath your skin, a secret that warms with every glance. We present a graceful oval shape of 1.69 carats, carefully carved as a cabochon and measuring 8.71 by 5.74 by 3.96 millimeters, its domed surface catching light like a distant horizon. The clarity is evaluated at eye level as very very slightly included, a testament to its natural origin rather than any artifice, and its medium intense brown carries complexity rather than flatness, a gentle depth that invites touch. The polish is excellent, a satiny mirror that makes the stone feel like a whispering tide, and importantly this kornerupine is offered with no enhancement, a pure expression of earth and time.

Born of Ceylon, Sri Lanka, this gem carries the poetry of its birthplace, an island renowned for centuries for producing some of the world’s most cherished gemstones, and that provenance becomes part of the jewel’s story and its value. From the sun drenched alluvial soils and the patient hands of cutters steeped in a long tradition, this kornerupine arrives with lineage and character, a provenance that enhances both emotion and market desirability. Picture it set with a white opal, White Opal, whose milky fire and soft play of color would sit beside the brown kornerupine like moonlight on warm earth, the two stones composing a balance of cool and warm, day and night. Whether imagined as the centerpiece of a romantic ring, a sentimental pendant, or a carefully matched pair of earrings, this kornerupine speaks of authenticity, rarity and a quiet sophistication that only an unenhanced, well polished, well cut gem from Ceylon can offer. At The Natural Gemstone Company we cherish provenance as much as beauty, and we invite you to hold this little piece of Ceylonic twilight, to imagine the stories it will witness, and to let it become part of your own unfolding romance.