2.60CT Sapphire: Silver Grey To Steely Grey Purple Color Change Antique Style Transitional Round Modified Brilliant Cut
Side-by-side comparison of color-change sapphire displaying grey in daylight and steely violet in low-light conditions, wrapped in white braided cord, 2.60CT antique transitional round cut.
Color-change sapphire under strong light in gemstone tweezers, displaying bright violet and reddish undertones in a 2.60CT antique round transitional cut.
2.60-carat grey to steely violet color-changing sapphire held in tweezers outdoors, showing antique transitional round faceting and high brilliance.
Precision antique transitional round cut sapphire showing a cool steely grey color while held in gemstone tweezers against a blurred green background.
Macro video showing the grey-to-violet color change of a 2.60-carat sapphire as lighting shifts, highlighting its precision antique transitional round cut brilliance.
Video of a 2.60CT color-changing sapphire rotating in tweezers, transitioning between grey and steely violet hues in an antique transitional round cut.

2.60CT Sapphire: Silver Grey To Steely Grey Purple Color Change Antique Style Transitional Round Modified Brilliant Cut

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Specifications:

  • Gemstone: Sapphire
  • Color: Color Changing – Silver Grey to Steely Violet
  • Weight: 2.60 carats
  • Shape & Cut: Precision Custom Antique Style Round Transitional Cut
  • Dimensions (mm): 8.80-8.75 x 4.83
  • Origin: Sakaraha, Madagascar
  • Treatment: None

A sapphire with two distinct personalities, in harmony  

In cooler and natural light, the stone settles into an elegant silver-grey with subtle blue undertones. Under warmer illumination, that restraint gives way to steely violet and muted lavender; a transformation that feels perfectly moody and atmospheric.

Its custom antique style transitional cut was chosen to complement that shifting color. Broad facets and old world proportions create larger, lively flashes of light that results in feeling both historic and distinctly contemporary.

Untreated and originating from Sakaraha, Madagascar, the sapphire’s unusual color behavior belongs entirely to the natural crystal.

The Lapidary’s Eye

There is something beautifully contradictory about this stone: an antique cutting language expressed through an uncommon, almost metallic palette.

Its precision faceting gives structure to the color change without making the stone feel overly polished or predictable. Silver, steel, violet and lavender appear and disappear as the environment changes.

One stone, somewhere between stormlight and twilight.


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