Royal Blue Sapphire
4.02 ct · Oval · Ratnapura · GIA
$ 4,800
A CEYLON GEM HOUSE
EVERY
COLOUR
THE EARTH
keeps.
Sapphire to moonstone, one island holds the whole spectrum. Each stone certified, each sold in a single conversation - no cart, no checkout, just us.
Royal Blue Sapphire - the island's signature
5.24 CT · PEAR · $ 18,400
SCROLL
Sapphire
24 STONES
Ruby
9 STONES
Padparadscha
5 STONES
Cat's Eye
7 STONES
Moonstone
16 STONES
Garnet & more
11 STONES
From the vault
VIEW ALL STONES →The eye opens and closes as the stone turns
STONE OF THE MONTH - JULY
Ceylon Cat's Eye
A honey-gold chrysoberyl from Elahera with a razor-sharp eye - the milky band that sweeps across the dome as light moves. Cabochons of this clarity surface a few times a year.
6.14 CTCABOCHONELAHERACSL CERTIFIED
$ 9,800
HOW BUYING WORKS
No cart. No checkout.
One conversation.
01 - BROWSE
Every stone is photographed, certified and priced in your currency. Shortlist the ones that speak to you.
02 - INQUIRE
Send an inquiry from any stone's page. No payment is taken online - your inquiry reserves the conversation.
03 - WE REACH OUT
We contact you directly to answer questions, arrange a viewing, and complete the sale - in person or by insured courier.
INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATION
Every stone carries a GIA or CSL certificate. We never grade our own goods.
AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEE
If any lab finds a stone differs from its certificate, we refund in full.
INSURED DELIVERY
Fully insured, tracked and export-documented, worldwide from Colombo.
PRIVATE VIEWINGS
In Colombo or Ratnapura by appointment - or live on video, in daylight.
FROM ROUGH TO LIGHT
Every stone is a year of hands
before it is a moment of light.
01 - MINED BY HAND
Pit mines in the Ratnapura valley, worked as they have been for two thousand years. No blasting, no machinery.
02 - SORTED AT THE RIVER
Gravel washed and sorted by eye. One basket in hundreds holds a stone worth cutting.
03 - CUT FOR COLOUR
Our cutters shape each stone to hold its deepest colour - a judgement no machine makes.
04 - CERTIFIED & SEALED
Independent certification, macro photography, and a sealed dossier travel with every stone.
THE HOUSE IN PICTURES
sapphire macro photograph
river mining photograph
cutting wheel photograph
colombo atelier photograph
THE ISLAND
Why the world's finest sapphires are Ceylon
For over two thousand years, the gravel seams beneath Ratnapura have yielded stones that ended up in crowns, museums and auction records. Our education pages cover the geology, the mining heritage, and how to read a certificate - so you buy with confidence.
ratnapura mine / landscape photograph
rough sapphire crystal photograph
BESPOKE SOURCING
Don't see your stone?
Tell us the colour, the cut, the carat and the occasion. Our buyers work the island's gem markets every week - we'll find it, certify it, and bring it to you before it reaches anyone else.
CLIENT WORDS
The sapphire was exactly as certified - better in person. The whole sale happened over three phone calls.
R. FERNANDO · COLOMBO
Stories from the island
ALL JOURNAL ENTRIES →How to read a GIA certificateCERTIFICATION · 6 MIN →
The river that carries sapphiresORIGINS · 9 MIN →
Padparadscha: the colour of lotus and sunriseSTONES · 5 MIN →
Every stone has an inquiry button. Send it with your details and we contact you within 24 hours - by email, phone or WhatsApp - to answer questions and arrange payment and delivery directly.
Have a stone in mind?
Tell us what you're looking for - a colour, a cut, an occasion - and we'll source it from the island.
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