First off I wanted to apologies, I made another thread when I first started looking and then never responded. My mother ended up needing spinal surgery so all thoughts of stones went through the window and I completely forgot about my other post.
Last weekend I was visiting my mother again and happened upon a sapphire that called out to me. It is a cushion cut, 3,76ct but with a deep native cut. The measurements are 8,1 x 7,7 x 6,08mm. No eye visible inclusions and pretty clean under the loupe as well. Taking pictures that show they colour accurately has proven impossible with my very limited skills, have tried two smart phones and most of the time the pictures come out more blue or violet than reality. It's blue in natural light (somewhat less saturated than in the photos) and turns varying shades of periwinkle, dark periwinkle and violet in other lighting. Importantly it never blacks out at all
Now to the big question, is a recut a good idea. To be honest it's not atrocious looking in cut terms but could be improved significantly. As mentioned before its overly deep with too long facets on the bottom making it have what I would best describe as a bowtie that is half window. As in it is a window and the colour of my finger seeps through making it look "muddy" in the middle and if I put it on top of text I can see the text but its deep enough that from an arms length distance the window isn't noticeable. Additionally the culet is off center and the crown is quite flat.
I would be fine with loosing ct weight (hopefully keep it above 3ct so losing 0,76ct is fine) and a bit of face up size
What do people think of its chances? Or should I just sell it and try and buy something else?
Also in peoples experience does the colour lighten or darken after a recut like this? Would prefer a something in the light/ medium tone
Photos in next post
Last weekend I was visiting my mother again and happened upon a sapphire that called out to me. It is a cushion cut, 3,76ct but with a deep native cut. The measurements are 8,1 x 7,7 x 6,08mm. No eye visible inclusions and pretty clean under the loupe as well. Taking pictures that show they colour accurately has proven impossible with my very limited skills, have tried two smart phones and most of the time the pictures come out more blue or violet than reality. It's blue in natural light (somewhat less saturated than in the photos) and turns varying shades of periwinkle, dark periwinkle and violet in other lighting. Importantly it never blacks out at all
Now to the big question, is a recut a good idea. To be honest it's not atrocious looking in cut terms but could be improved significantly. As mentioned before its overly deep with too long facets on the bottom making it have what I would best describe as a bowtie that is half window. As in it is a window and the colour of my finger seeps through making it look "muddy" in the middle and if I put it on top of text I can see the text but its deep enough that from an arms length distance the window isn't noticeable. Additionally the culet is off center and the crown is quite flat.
I would be fine with loosing ct weight (hopefully keep it above 3ct so losing 0,76ct is fine) and a bit of face up size
What do people think of its chances? Or should I just sell it and try and buy something else?
Also in peoples experience does the colour lighten or darken after a recut like this? Would prefer a something in the light/ medium tone
Photos in next post