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A SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING
A SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING SET WITH A CUSHION-SHAPED SAPPHIRE WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 25.24 CARATS, FLANKED BY A CUSHION-SHAPED DIAMOND WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 3.28 CARATS AND AN OLD MINE-CUT DIAMOND WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 3.11 CARATS, MOUNTED IN PLATINUM, RING SIZE 6 ACCOMPANIED BY REPORT NO. 76476 DATED 24 SEPTEMBER 2014 FROM THE SSEF SWISS GEMMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE STATING THAT THE 25.24 CARAT SAPPHIRE IS OF BURMA (MYANMAR) ORIGIN, WITH NO INDICATIONS OF HEATING AND THE COLOUR OF THIS SAPPHIRE MAY ALSO BE CALLED 'ROYAL BLUE' IN THE TRADE; ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPENDIX STATING THAT THE NATURAL SAPPHIRE POSSESSES EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTERISTICS AND MERITS SPECIAL MENTION AND APPRECIATION. THE SAPPHIRE EXHIBITS A REMARKABLE SIZE AND WEIGHT, COMBINED WITH A HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE SATURATED BLUE COLOUR AND A VERY FINE PURITY. THE FEW INCLUSIONS FOUND BY MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION AND THE ANALYSED PROPERTIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE FOUND IN SAPPHIRES FROM THE CLASSICAL MINES IN BURMA (MYANMAR). ITS SATURATED BLUE COLOUR, POETICALLY ALSO REFERRED TO AS "ROYAL BLUE", IS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF WELL-BALANCED TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE GEMSTONE, TYPICAL AND CHARACTERISTIC FOR THE FINEST SAPPHIRES OF MOGOK, BURMA. THIS SAPPHIRE HAS BEEN SPARED EXPOSURE TO HEAT TREATMENT AND ITS CLARITY AND COLOUR ARE THUS ALL NATURAL. A NATURAL SAPPHIRE FROM BURMA OF THIS SIZE AND QUALITY IS VERY RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL AND THUS CAN BE CONSIDERED A TRUE TREASURE OF NATURE ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY REPORT NO. 12085038 DATED 30 AUGUST 2012 FROM THE GüBELIN GEMMOLOGICAL LABORATORY STATING THAT THE 25.24 CARAT SAPPHIRE IS OF BURMA (MYANMAR) ORIGIN, WITH NO INDICATIONS OF HEATING AND THIS COLOUR VARIETY MAY ALSO BE CALLED "ROYAL BLUE" IN THE TRADE; ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPENDIX STATING THAT THE 25.24 CARAT SAPPHIRE POSSESSES A RICHLY SATURATED AND HOMOGENEOUS COLOUR, COMBINED WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF TRANSPARENCY, AND A FINELY PROPORTIONED CUT. IN ADDITION, THIS REMARKABLE GEMSTONE HAS BEEN SPARED OF THERMAL TREATMENT. SUCH A COMBINATION OF CHARACTERISTICS IS RARE IN NATURAL SAPPHIRES OF THIS SIZE REPORT NO. 2141949104 DATED 21 DECEMBER 2012 FROM THE GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA STATING THAT THE 3.28 CARAT DIAMOND IS G COLOUR, VVS1 CLARITY, WITH EXCELLENT POLISH REPORT NO. 1136465836 DATED 16 SEPTEMBER 2011 FROM THE GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA STATING THAT THE 3.11 CARAT DIAMOND IS F COLOUR, VS2 CLARITY