Natural Unheated Padparadscha Sapphire orange-pink color oval shape 1.60 carats with GIA Report

Identification: Natural Unheated Padparadscha • Carat: 1.60 carats • Shape: Cushion • Measures: 7.94 x 5.97 x 3.85 mm • Color: orangy-pink • Cut: Brilliant/step • Treatment: Unheated

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In Sinhalese, Padparadscha means 'Lotus Blossom' and the term has come from the word Padmarag in Sanskrit, meaning 'one having the colour of a lotus. This 1.60 carats with GIA Report Padparadscha Sapphire is a gem variety of the mineral corundum. A Padparadscha is a sapphire that contains trace elements of chromium and iron, which provide it its orangy-pink color. This oval shape and orangy-pink color Padparadscha sapphire gem is the rarest of all colored sapphires, and are precious because of their special color. Also, this Padparadscha sapphire gem measuring 7.94 x 5.97 x 3.85 mm is also very durable, 9 on the Mohs scale to be precise.