1.04 Ct. Spinel from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

A whisper of dawn lives within this transparent 1.04 carat cushion shape purple spinel, a delicate heart of light offered by The Natural Gemstone Company. Measuring six point three six by four point seven eight by four point one one millimeters, the gem is masterfully fashioned in a mixed brilliant cut that catches and returns the room like soft glass lanterns. Its clarity is very very slightly included at eye level, its polish is excellent, and its color reads as a faint purple that leans toward an ethereal lilac. Untreated and free from enhancement, this Sri Lankan gem carries the quiet provenance of Ceylon, a place where gemstones have long been kissed by warm monsoon skies. Hold it and you will feel a hush, as if a poet had folded twilight into a stone.

In tone and hue this spinel speaks in a different accent to famous cousins from other lands, it is paler and more demure than the rich vivid purples or raspberry reds of classic Burmese spinels, offering instead a pastel lullaby. It whispers where a Kashmir sapphire sings, sharing a softness but lacking the deeper cornflower intensity of those famed sapphires, and it offers a cooler lavender note than the warmer purples sometimes seen in Tanzanian gems. Compared to Sri Lankan sapphires, which can blaze with saturated blue, this spinel echoes the island in a subtler key, like a memory of a sapphire seen through morning mist. Against the dramatic color change spectacles of an alexandrite, this stone is constant and gentle, an honest companion that favors serenity over surprise. Imagine the fresh petal tone of spring violets, more delicate than the theatrical plum of some Burmese or Madagascan gemstones, yet possessing a clarity and polish that make its faint color glow from within.

For those seeking romance in restraint, for a ring that reads as poetic and true, this 1.04 carat Ceylon purple spinel is a quiet declaration, a soft violet promise on the hand. The Natural Gemstone Company presents it as a jewel for the tender moments, a treasure that compares with the great gemstones of the world, while remaining uniquely gentle and wholly natural.