The answer is that there is no one Padparadscha color-It’s a range of color that combines pink with orange with no secondary hues or overtones of brown. octagonal loupe clean Sri Lankan stone, perfect color and beautifully cut, certificates from GRS and AGTA showing no evidence of heat treatment.Ī definition of the true color of Padparadscha can be the heated subject of discussion between gem aficionados and gemologists. We recently sold this small but extremely fine example, a. Since that time, I always seek out the dealers at the gem shows who’ve “got the goods” and have had the pleasure to own and sell a number of fine Padparadscha Sapphires. The privilege of seeing and handling a few magnificent specimens of this magical sapphire with the glorious sunset orange and pink color was like cupid’s arrow to the heart. Early in my career as a gemologist, while working the gem identification counter at the GIA Gem Trade Laboratory in Santa Monica, I fell in love with Padparadscha-a gemstone, not a girl.
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