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A MAGNIFICENT SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND PENDANT NECKLACE, BY CHATILA
A MAGNIFICENT SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND PENDANT NECKLACE, BY CHATILA THE DETACHABLE PENDANT SET WITH A CUSHION-SHAPED SAPPHIRE WEIGHING 101.32 CARATS, WITHIN A BRILLIANT AND MARQUISE-CUT DIAMOND SURROUND, SUSPENDED FROM A HEART-SHAPED DIAMOND SURMOUNT, JOINED TO A NECKCHAIN DESIGNED AS A LINE OF PEAR, OVAL, MARQUISE AND BRILLIANT-CUT DIAMONDS, MOUNTED IN PLATINUM, 41.0 CM LONG SIGNED CHATILA ACCOMPANIED BY REPORT NO. 72374 DATED 2 SEPTEMBER 2014 FROM THE SSEF SWISS GEMMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE STATING THAT THE 101.32 CARAT SAPPHIRE IS OF CEYLON (SRI LANKA) ORIGIN, WITH NO INDICATIONS OF HEATING; ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPENDIX STATING THAT THE SAPPHIRE POSSESSES EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTERISTICS AND MERITS SPECIAL MENTION AND APPRECIATION. THE SAPPHIRE EXHIBITS A VERY IMPRESSIVE SIZE AND WEIGHT, COMBINED WITH ATTRACTIVE COLOUR AND AN OUTSTANDING PURITY. THE FEW INCLUSIONS FOUND BY MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE FOUND IN SAPPHIRES FROM THE CLASSICAL MINES IN CEYLON (SRI LANKA) - ALSO KNOWN AS THE ISLAND OF GEMS. ITS ATTRACTIVE COLOUR IS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF WELL-BALANCED TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE GEMSTONE, TYPICAL AND CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE FINEST SAPPHIRES OF CEYLON. THIS SAPPHIRE HAS BEEN SPARED EXPOSURE TO HEAT TREATMENT AND ITS CLARITY AND COLOUR ARE THUS ALL NATURAL. A NATURAL SAPPHIRE FROM CEYLON OF THIS SIZE AND QUALITY IS VERY RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL