The price of cornflower blue sapphire largely depends upon its origin intensity of color clarity cut and carat weight.
Cornflower blue sapphire price guide.
In order to be able to appreciate the rare attributes of cornflower and ceylon sapphires it is important to understand a bit about sapphires in general and blue sapphires in particular.
Cornflower blue is described as a sapphire with a color range of medium to medium strong blue saturation and which displays its iconic silky soft velvet like appearance grs.
The cornflower blue sapphire with its luminous pure blue gleam has always been one of the most valuable and coveted gemstones.
Sapphire ceylon untreated blue si vvs type ii.
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These are of course the cornflower sapphire also known as a ceylon sapphire since it hails from what was once ceylon and is now sri lanka.
Sapphire prices can range greatly depending on many factors.
Gia similarly states that the most preferred and most valuable sapphires are deep color saturations known in the trade as royal blue and the soft velvety blue.
Sapphire ceylon untreated blue si vvs type ii 1 000 to 2 500 per carat.
This type of sapphire is not as dark as the royal blue kind.
The rarity of a specific shade can also create a significant difference in the cornflower blue sapphire value.
With tones ranging from deep velvety blue to crisp cornflower blue our blue sapphires are gorgeous specimens of nature s beauty.
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A blue sapphire around 1 carat is likely to cost from as little as 450 to 1 600 depending on quality.
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Each sapphire s hue is individual and nuanced.
Blue sapphire this is a price guide only.
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After blue pink and pink orange padparadscha colors command the highest prices.
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The most famous of the sapphire colors the beauty of a blue sapphire is unparalleled.
Generally speaking more saturation of color and deeper tone will push up the price of a sapphire.
Sapphires can come as cheap as 25 per carat to over 11 000 per carat.
For example here in australia the most popular sapphire color is the cornflower blue sapphire which is a vivd blue sapphire with medium tone.