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Kashmir sapphires are world-renowned for their velvety texture and intensely saturated blue colour, making Kashmir sapphire rings highly prized by collectors. A Kashmir blue sapphire ring is especially admired for its soft, almost glowing appearance, making these stones some of the rarest and most desirable sapphires in existence.
Our collection includes exceptional antique Kashmir sapphire rings and refined Kashmir sapphire engagement rings, each showcasing the unique beauty and character of these remarkable gemstones. The mines of Kashmir were very quickly depleted, making every Kashmir sapphire ring extremely valuable.
At Berganza, each piece is entirely natural, untreated, and original to its period, carefully selected for its colour, rarity, and authenticity.
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Kashmir sapphires showcase a number of unique characteristics that indicate their origin, the most famous of which is their colour. The colour of a Kashmir sapphire is typically a deep cornflower blue with a milky softness, often described as velvety.
Kashmir sapphires also possess exceptional clarity and slight variations within their silk, which differentiate them from Ceylon or Burmese stones. These inclusions are much finer, often appearing as minute dots in a snowflake-like pattern.
While these visual traits are a useful guide, the exact origin of a sapphire can only be confirmed through gemmological certification. If you are looking for a Kashmir Sapphire ring for sale, we recommend purchasing through a reputable retailer.
Kashmir sapphires are members of the corundum family, corundum is one of the hardest gemstones, second only to diamond, making sapphires highly durable and suitable for everyday wear.
To clean your Kashmir Sapphire ring, soak it in warm water with a small amount of mild soap. Gently brush the stone with a soft bristled toothbrush to remove any dirt or oils, then rinse thoroughly and dry with a soft, lint free cloth.
Kashmir sapphires are among the rarest and most sought-after coloured gemstones in the world, and their value reflects a combination of colour, clarity, carat weight, provenance and certification. Stones exhibiting the celebrated "cornflower blue", a velvety, slightly violetish blue of strong saturation and medium tone, command the highest prices, with value rising sharply with carat weight and clarity. The original Kashmir deposits in the Padar region were worked intensively only between 1881 and 1887 before being effectively exhausted, and the small quantities recovered since have done little to alter the market. This extreme scarcity means that certified Kashmir sapphires of significant size are exceptionally rare, and at auction they routinely achieve two to three times the price of comparable sapphires from Burma or Ceylon. At Berganza, our Kashmir sapphire rings start at around £35,000, with exceptional examples priced considerably higher.
The most highly desired colour for a Kashmir sapphire is a rich, velvety cornflower blue. This unique appearance combines depth with a soft, almost milky look, giving the stone its characteristic “velvety texture”.
The finest examples display strong hue and saturation while maintaining their brightness. The colour is vivid, even and not overly dark. It is this unique combination of characteristics that forms the most desirable Kashmir sapphire colour.