Hi,
I am interested in getting a Padparadscha for my wife as a baby gift
My goals are: To get her the largest Pad for around 10k (max 12k). I would prefer Sri Lanka/Burma origin. I have gone back and forth between treated/untreated and finally decided to accept a heat treated stone to get a better price per carat i.e. larger stone.
Having done some research and looked at stones at a few online jewellers, the color variation and price per carat is huge.
Also, I prefer a higher saturation/tone stone as I think it will look fabulous to my wife's complexion.
With these in mind, I found the following
3.08 Carat Padparadscha Sapphire
$12,000.00
GEM GRADE REPORT
Weight: 3.08 carats
Shape: Rect. cushion
*Color:
Hue: 4.0
Saturation: 5.0
Tone: 3.5
*TOTAL COLOR RATING:
4.0
SCALE OF 1-5
*Cut:
Brilliance: 5.0
Proportions: 4.5
*Clarity:
5.0
*Crystal:
5.0
*TOTAL QUALITY RATING:
9.0
SCALE OF 1-10
DESCRIPTION
________________________________________
Padparadscha is defined as a "delicate" orange-pink color that echoes the hue of the Oriental Lotus. By that definition, this stone is, perhaps, too robust, the color too highly saturated to fit the definition. So...call it orangy-pink! A very rare, unusual and beautiful color.
Exceptionally brilliant. Origin: Mogok Valley, Burma. Dimensions 8.8 x 6.8mm.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have asked the jeweler for a GIA/AGS report to confirm the details of the gemstone independently.
I am looking for your opinion on both the quality of the stone as well as the pricing.
Thank you for your considered opinion.
I am interested in getting a Padparadscha for my wife as a baby gift
My goals are: To get her the largest Pad for around 10k (max 12k). I would prefer Sri Lanka/Burma origin. I have gone back and forth between treated/untreated and finally decided to accept a heat treated stone to get a better price per carat i.e. larger stone.
Having done some research and looked at stones at a few online jewellers, the color variation and price per carat is huge.
Also, I prefer a higher saturation/tone stone as I think it will look fabulous to my wife's complexion.
With these in mind, I found the following
3.08 Carat Padparadscha Sapphire
$12,000.00
GEM GRADE REPORT
Weight: 3.08 carats
Shape: Rect. cushion
*Color:
Hue: 4.0
Saturation: 5.0
Tone: 3.5
*TOTAL COLOR RATING:
4.0
SCALE OF 1-5
*Cut:
Brilliance: 5.0
Proportions: 4.5
*Clarity:
5.0
*Crystal:
5.0
*TOTAL QUALITY RATING:
9.0
SCALE OF 1-10
DESCRIPTION
________________________________________
Padparadscha is defined as a "delicate" orange-pink color that echoes the hue of the Oriental Lotus. By that definition, this stone is, perhaps, too robust, the color too highly saturated to fit the definition. So...call it orangy-pink! A very rare, unusual and beautiful color.
Exceptionally brilliant. Origin: Mogok Valley, Burma. Dimensions 8.8 x 6.8mm.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have asked the jeweler for a GIA/AGS report to confirm the details of the gemstone independently.
I am looking for your opinion on both the quality of the stone as well as the pricing.
Thank you for your considered opinion.