1.49 Ct. Rhodolite Garnet from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

In the quiet poetry of light this 1.49 carat oval red rhodolite garnet sings, a small planet of color held between your fingers. With dimensions of 8.13 x 6.14 x 3.64 mm and a refined mixed brilliant cut, each facet breathes and returns fire, a vivid color intensity that seems to glow from within, a clarity very very slightly included at eye level that keeps the stone honest and alive, an excellent polish that lets every flash read like a line of verse. Untreated and pure, with no enhancement, this rhodolite comes from Ceylon, Sri Lanka, a birthplace of stones where the earth has learned to paint in exquisite shades. From The Natural Gemstone Company this gem arrives as an intimate promise, the kind of heart stone that settles into a ring or a pendant and begins to tell the story of whoever wears it.

Its hue sits like dusk and first light together, a deep raspberry that leans toward rich cranberry rather than the bruised garnet of colder lands. Compared to the famed rubies of Mogok, which often carry a deeper pigeon blood red, this Ceylon rhodolite speaks with a rosier, more romantic voice, lighter at the edges and warming as the light travels through it. Compared to Madagascan rhodolites that can be more pink and translucent, this gem holds a stronger, more saturated red, a confidence that reads as vivid under any gaze. Against Mozambican rubies with their intense, saturated flame, this stone offers a softer, more lyrical warmth, a red that invites touch. Against deep almandine garnets from Tanzania or India that can drift toward brownish undertones, this Sri Lankan rhodolite refuses the earthbound shade and instead lifts the spirit with a clean, vibrant clarity. Worn, it catches candlelight and sunlight alike, responding like shorthand for affection, and at The Natural Gemstone Company we imagine it set where its oval shape and brilliant cut will catch the eye and keep the heart.