Looking for princess cut blue sapphire...

[tmitchell]

Can anyone offer suggestions of where my best chance to find this might be. In store? Online?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Blue-Seeker]

Princess cuts are not common; I've only seen one in my recent searches http://www.simplysapphires.com/html/imagesblue2006/bluepr123-sm.html
Simply sapphires has a good reputation here, from what I've read. It's hard to say how dark this stone will be in real life.

Edit: I forgot about these from Gemfix. They are sold as a pair, though, and are smaller than the one above http://www.gemfix.com/sapphire_blue.html

 

[Michael_E]

Cutting a princess cut would give a smaller face up size for a given depth and so obtaining a princess cut in sapphire may require that you ask around to see if any cutters have rough which would be suitable for a princess cut. You might also find a stone of adequate size for re-cutting in your searching, (if you do this just be careful that the stone is not too color zoned to allow re-cutting without losing color).

 

[chel180]

Do you specifically want a princess cut or just a square stone with pointed corners?

 

[chrono]

Does it have to be a princess cut or will a square cushion suffice? You will have more success finding a square cushion than a princess cut. I've only perhaps seen one or two princess cut blue sapphires.

 

[Edward Bristol]

We cut princess only on brighter tones, like baby pinks or bright blue (then more diamond lookalike).

A high-end deep Kashmir blue we cut only once into princess, on request. It looked great, however, you do not really see the princess cut as such only the color.

From this perspective it is kind of wasteful to cut a deep blue into princess.

 

[Quantz Studios]

Roger Dery posted one just today that he recut into a princess. Might contact him.