Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Star Sapphire
Corundum · Sapphire
- Colour
- Blue, grey-blue, violet, and near-black with asterism
- Carat Range
- 1.00 ct - 10.00 ct+
- Price Guidance
- Price varies by star sharpness and body colour
Ceylon Gem
Cat's Eye Chrysoberyl
A Sri Lankan collector stone with a bright moving line of light.
- Origin
- Ceylon, Sri Lanka
- Family
- Chrysoberyl
- Price
- Price varies by eye sharpness, colour, and carat
Gem Profile
Colour, origin, and rarity
Cat's Eye Chrysoberyl is one of Sri Lanka's most charismatic gems. Its moving eye gives the stone a living quality, especially in honey-gold and greenish tones selected for strength and balance.
Acquisition Note
Finest stones show a crisp opening and closing eye under light.
- Chatoyant eye
- Typically untreated
- Collector stone
- Sri Lankan source
Stone Dossier
- Origin
- Ceylon, Sri Lanka
- Family
- Chrysoberyl
- Type
- Chrysoberyl
- Colour
- Honey, greenish gold, olive, and milk-and-honey effects
- Rarity
- Rare with a sharp centred eye and strong body colour
- Carat Range
- 0.80 ct - 8.00 ct+
- Treatment
- Typically untreated
- Clarity
- Translucent with parallel inclusions responsible for chatoyancy
- Certification
- Certificate available on request
- Price
- Price varies by eye sharpness, colour, and carat
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Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Alexandrite
Chrysoberyl · Chrysoberyl
- Colour
- Green to purplish red colour-change
- Carat Range
- 0.20 ct - 2.00 ct+
- Price Guidance
- Price on request
Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Zircon
Zircon · Zircon
- Colour
- Blue, honey, cinnamon, white, and greenish tones
- Carat Range
- 0.50 ct - 5.00 ct+
- Price Guidance
- Price varies by colour, brilliance, and size
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