Corundum · Lotus hue
Padparadscha
A sunset held in stone.
Certified · traceable origin
Typical size: 1 – 5 ct · Price on request
Specifications
- Mineral family
- Corundum
- Composition
- Al₂O₃ : Cr, Fe
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 9
- Refractive index
- 1.762 – 1.770
- Crystal system
- Trigonal
- Colour
- Delicate pink-orange, the colour of a lotus
- Typical origins
- Sri Lanka · Madagascar · Tanzania
Specifications are general gemological references for the species; each stone is assessed and documented individually.
Origin & story
Padparadscha is the rarest and most coveted fancy sapphire — a delicate blend of pink and orange named for the lotus blossom. True padparadscha occupies a narrow, precious band of colour.
Madagascar and East Africa are important sources of this gentle, luminous stone. SOMSTONE documents each for the balance of pink and orange that commands its premium.
Documentation
What to expect from a lab report
Where appropriate, stones are submitted to an independent gemological laboratory. A typical identification report records the fields below; values shown here are placeholders for illustration only and do not describe a specific stone.
Illustrative only. Not an actual certificate. Reports are issued by independent laboratories on a per-stone basis.
Sample — illustrative layout
Specifications · Padparadscha
Report no. SAMPLE-000000
Date DD · MM · YYYY
- Identification
- Corundum
- Variety
- Padparadscha
- Weight
- —.— ct
- Dimensions
- —.— × —.— × —.— mm
- Shape / cut
- —
- Colour
- Delicate pink-orange, the colour of a lotus
- Transparency
- Transparent
- Origin opinion
- Subject to laboratory analysis
- Treatment
- Subject to laboratory analysis
- Comments
- Issued with stone-specific measurements and photographs.
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