Everyone knows sapphire, but do you know what sapphire is the most valuable? There is a name that everyone will not be unfamiliar - cornflower blue. Produced in many countries around the world, including China. But the most prestigious of these is the Kashmir Sapphire from the border of India and Pakistan.
Kashmir is located on the border of India and Pakistan, and its dispute over ownership has been in existence for a long time, leading to political instability. At the same time, the geographical environment is also quite special - the average altitude is more than 4,000 meters, human living conditions are harsh, and it is in a cold and cold state all year round. The time suitable for mining is only 2-3 months per year. Coupled with the frequent wars, people must risk their lives to travel long distances to reach the mining area for several weeks. Moreover, the infrastructure of transportation, electricity, telecommunications and other infrastructure on the mountain is very primitive and backward. The advanced large-scale mechanical equipment can not transport the mountain. It is difficult to explore the mining in the stone cracks of the mountains.
It is also because of this special geographical condition that a special sapphire, Kashmiri sapphire, was born. The high-quality Kashmiri sapphire can present a pure blue color that resembles the high altitude of the plateau, rich and slightly purple. This blue has many similarities with the German national flower Cornflower, so it is called Make a cornflower sapphire. In addition, the Kashmiri sapphire has the characteristics of tiny filamentous inclusions arranged in parallel with other sapphire producing sapphire, which can express the silky soft velvet texture in the hard and strong metallic texture of sapphire, which is soft and soft blue. The color can make any eye-catching viewer feel unmovable in the heart. However, good things are always rare, the Kashmir sapphire mine was discovered in 1879, but by 1889 its official mining was over. Due to the limited reserves, it has been exhausted in 10 years.
In today's market, most people have never heard of the name of Kashmir sapphire, and even if they are slightly aware, they only know their names and have not seen them. Kashmir sapphire is never likely to appear in shopping malls or shops. It is generally only possible for high-end jewelers and international auctions to be seen by chance. The price of tens of thousands of dollars per carat is unaffordable. On November 21, 2008, a 42.28-carat Kashmiri sapphire created a new high sapphire auction price at the final transaction price of $3,458,420 at Christie's Geneva Fall Gemstone Auction.
For most ordinary people, buying a Cornflower sapphire from Sri Lanka or Madagascar may be a better choice. Since Cornflower sapphire has very strict requirements on the color tone, concentration and saturation of the color, it is necessary to seek reliable and authoritative laboratory certificate support when purchasing, such as the GRS laboratory in Switzerland, which can be used for sapphire. The color grades are evaluated in detail and objectively.
The 16.65-carat cornflower blue gemstone ring, built by VanCleef & Arpels, set a world record for the price of Kashmir sapphire per carat. The auction price was $2.4 million, and Christie's Hong Kong was shot in the fall of 2009.
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