1.04 ct. Sapphire with Rutile
Color: Medium Light Purple
Clarity: Moderately Included
Origin: Ilakaka, Madagascar
Cut: Rectangle
Treatments: None
Measurements: 7 x 5 mm
We almost never see a gem Sapphire with an inclusion that could be described as adding to the overall quality of the gem. While Quartz is a famous host for all manner of inclusion stones, Sapphires typically look much worse with any foreign mineral inclusions. Though the reasons vary, it typically results from other inclusions, fractures, or damage do to attempted heat treatment that makes this so. Here is a fascinating exception, really the best Sapphire inclusion stone we have offered. An otherwise entirely clean, pleasant light purple Sapphire with large, coarse Rutile needles artfully arranged in one-half of the stone. Astonishing look, quite rare and simply fascinating!