DT Sapphire (55.80 carats) Fioravanti Coll.

Item Description

Sri Lanka sapphires set the standard for form and quality of the species and this is an excellent example. This doubly terminated, tapered crystal is cornflower-yellow and has very gemmy terminations and has a very nifty side car crystal. The typically layered crystal has lightly frosted faces. 55.08 carats or over 11 grams. Complete all-around and you can barely tell, that both terminations are lightly bruised. Valued at $1000-1500. Ex Giancarlo Fioravanti Collection. He paid 200 Deutsch Marks for this in 1981. Not too many of this size and quality on the market these days. They are all heated, cut, and sold to the crazy Chinese market that is buying up as much as they can.