A serene-looking, unheated, Ceylon blue sapphire from the gem fields of Balangoda, Sri Lanka. If you loupe the stone, you can observe the rare rutile needles or "silk," the unmistakable telltale of the natural, unheated state in many blue sapphires from Sri Lanka. These rutile needles usually give the stone a more velvety, softer feel (hence the name "silk"). Completely dreamily eye, flawless in real life. Beautiful & pristine.