2.11 Ct. Topaz from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Cradled like a sliver of calm sea glass, this transparent 2.11 carat emerald cut blue topaz measures 7.97 by 5.96 by 4.91 millimeters, its checkerboard faceting catching and scattering light like sunbeams on water. The medium intense blue breathes with a gentle authority, a color that sings of summer skies without ever becoming heavy, its excellent polish lending each facet the softest of voices. Slight, natural whispers of inclusion are present, very slightly included, evaluated at eye level, and they read not as flaws but as fingerprints of the earth that gave it to us. Enhanced by careful irradiation to coax its purest tone, and born in the storied soils of Ceylon, Sri Lanka, this gem carries both provenance and poetry, a keepsake ready to be set into an engagement ring or a piece that marks a promise.

In hue and temperament it holds its own among the great blues of the world, brighter and more airy than the denser London blue topaz, yet more saturated than the pale Swiss blue topaz, a midpoint that feels intimate and luminous. It presents a cooler, clearer wateriness than the famed Santa Maria aquamarine of Brazil, without the heavier depth of a classic Ceylon sapphire, offering instead a playful clarity that refracts like moonlight over a lagoon. At The Natural Gemstone Company we see in this stone the romance of travel and the hush of a secret found, a medium intense blue that balances sparkle and serenity, clarity and character. Let it rest against warm skin, and you will feel how the checkerboard cut multiplies glances and draws in light, how precision and polish transform a measured size into something larger than life, a small blue world kept close to the heart.