Extinct cornflower blue
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Round Kashmir Sapphire weighs 152.35ct
Kashmir Kashmir Asia
The world's most valuable sapphire origin
The name Kashmir is as good as it is, but few people have actually seen it. The legendary top Kashmiri sapphire has a royal blue color that resembles the German national flower blue cornflower, exuding a velvety soft texture.
Corn flower blue cornflower blue is synonymous with the top Burmese ruby, and the cornflower blue is synonymous with the top Kashmir sapphire color. Cornflower is the national flower of Germany. The high-quality Kashmiri sapphire can present a pure blue color like the high altitude of the plateau, rich and slightly purple, and this blue is similar to the German national flower cornflower. So, hence the name.
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Kashmir Map
1. Where is Kashmir?
It is located between India, Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan. It is a region in the northwestern part of the South Asian subcontinent and was once a state of British India. Most of the regions are now controlled by India and Pakistan (the northeastern Aksai Chin and Karakoram corridors are controlled by China and have been merged into Xinjiang and Tibet, although they belong to Kashmir but there is no sovereignty dispute).
2. How expensive is Kashmir sapphire?
According to incomplete statistics, from 1979 to 2008, 150 top sapphires were auctioned worldwide, 121 of which were Kashmiri sapphires, and the auction price was as high as 39,000 to 135,000 US dollars per carat. On September 26, 2013, in the first auction of Christie's mainland China, a 11.18-carat Kashmir natural sapphire and diamond ring was sold for 10.2225 million. The price per carat is far beyond the equivalent weight of the national round white diamond and bright yellow. Drill.
3. How to determine if it is produced in Kashmir?
Magnified 30-50 times with a microscope, many of the features inside the gemstone are evidence of Kashmiri sapphire. If you see a colorless or brown-green slender needle-like or columnar crystal in sapphire, it is called amphibole, which is a solid content of Kashmiri sapphire. In addition, the ribbons and snow flakes in the Kashmir sapphire are also evidence of territorial significance. These snow-like inclusions and milky white strips reduce the transparency of sapphire, but they are the most direct factor in creating the unique "velvet" effect of Kashmiri sapphire.
Snow flake inclusions in Kashmir sapphire
The auction house, jewellery fair or antique jewellery shop Kashmir sapphire mine has been in intermittent mining since 1927. In recent years, the sapphire produced by it is also very difficult to see the cypress blue sapphire with velvet texture. If you are looking for a quality sapphire, there may be a chance to go to the auction house or a big brand. Occasionally, it can be seen in antique jewellery stores abroad or in the antique jewellery area of ​​large jewellery fairs. But please be sure to look for the Gubelin certificate, so as not to be confused, because it is too precious!
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