The report matched the stone exactly, and the daylight video gave me the confidence to buy from abroad.
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Ceylon Sapphires
Each stone is photographed and filmed under natural light, with its certificate ready to view.
Natural
Natural Ceylon Blue Sapphire Oval Mixed Cut
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Natural
Natural Ceylon Vivid Blue Sapphire Round
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Natural
Natural Ceylon Blue Sapphire Mixed Oval
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Natural
Natural Ceylon Vivid Yellow Sapphire
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Natural
Natural Ceylon Vivid Blue Sapphire Mixed Cut
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Certified
Parti sapphire, elongated octagon
US$ 3,150
Certified
Vivid blue sapphire, cushion
US$ 6,400
Certified
Ceylon royal blue sapphire, cushion
US$ 8,900
Gems by colour
Eight colours out of one island
Corundum, chrysoberyl and spinel from the same gravels, sorted by the colour you are actually shopping for.
Blue sapphire
Cornflower to royal, Ratnapura and Elahera.
24 listed
Padparadscha
Pink and orange in one stone, salmon at best.
6 listed
Pink sapphire
Peony to hot pink, heat stated on every stone.
9 listed
Yellow sapphire
Lemon to canary, cut deep to hold colour.
7 listed
Star sapphire
Six-ray asterism, cut as a cabochon.
5 listed
White sapphire
Colourless corundum, graded for brilliance.
4 listed
Fancy and teal
Parti, green and colour change in one stone.
5 listed
Ruby and spinel
Vivid red to violet, no heat required.
8 listed
Who we are
Bought at the source, cut in Sri Lanka
Ceylon Veritas Gems is a Sri Lankan house that buys direct from the source and sells to people who will not gamble on a gem they cannot hold. We are small on purpose. It keeps us close to every stone.
We buy where the stones come out of the ground, at the mines and gem markets of Ratnapura and Elahera, and we have each one cut and polished in Sri Lanka. Every stone is chosen by hand.
We only buy what we can send to an independent laboratory and stand behind, and if a stone will not pass that test, we leave it on the table.
- 800+
- Stones placed with buyers worldwide
- 20+
- Mining and cutting partners across Sri Lanka
- 100%
- Sold with an independent laboratory report
- 15 days
- To return a stone that differs from what was bought
We sell the stone and the proof together.
Setting
Setting, if you want one
Most buyers take the stone loose. If you want it set, our Colombo workshop makes the mount and the stone stays with its report throughout.
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Choose the stone first
The report is issued on the loose stone, before any setting.
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Drawings in five working days
Two options, quoted to the gram of metal, no obligation.
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Set in four to six weeks
Photographed before and after setting, report shipped with it.
After you buy
What happens after you buy
Payment
Card or transfer
Card to $10,000. Bank transfer above that, invoiced in USD.
Duties
Prepaid on FedEx
Sent by EMS instead, duties are settled by you on arrival.
Shipping
FedEx or EMS
Insured door to door from Colombo, tracked, signature required.
Returns
15 days
Where the stone differs from the one bought. Every return is verified.
Questions
Asked before you buy
If something is not answered here, write to Colombo and a gemmologist replies, not a template.
Write to ColomboYes. Every listing shows the laboratory, the full report number and a link to that laboratory's own lookup. The scan sits on the product page, above the description.
Yes, and they say heated in the same size and colour as the unheated ones. Heat is normal practice in the trade; hiding it is not.
Often. Tell us the hue, the size and the budget. We search the valley, report both stones separately and send them together.
It depends on the service. Sent by FedEx, we pay the import duties and there is nothing to settle on arrival. Sent by EMS, duties are not prepaid and your own customs authority collects them from you.
Fifteen days from delivery, where the stone materially differs from the one you bought or from its stated specifications. It comes back unset, with its report and the sealed packet, so it can be verified against the report; the refund follows to the original payment method within five working days.
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Trusted by buyers around the world.
They sent the report for each stone and never once pushed me. Faultless from first message to delivery.
Fairly priced, with paperwork I could verify with the lab myself. Exactly how buying a fine gem should feel.
The treatment was stated plainly on the listing and matched the report when it arrived. No surprises.
Talk to a gemmologist
Buy Ceylon gems with a real person beside you
Every stone we sell is certified and its treatment stated plainly, and a named gemmologist is here whenever you want one. Message us on WhatsApp or book a video viewing, and we will walk you through any stone at your pace.
What to expect
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Any stone, under the loupe
On a video viewing we examine the stone live and answer what you ask.
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Answers in writing
What we tell you about a stone is written down, so you can hold us to it.
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Never rushed
A decision this size takes the time it takes. We do not push.
Buyer's guides
What a Ceylon sapphire costs
Four guides to the figures behind a price: what each type asks, how colour and carat weight move it, and what an unheated stone is worth. General market ranges are labelled as such, live figures are computed from the stones listed here, and no table mixes the two.
By type
What each sapphire type costs
General market ranges per carat for blue, padparadscha, teal, pink, yellow and the rest, with a note on what moves a stone inside each range.
By colourSapphire price by colour
The colour families side by side: the median price per carat of the stones listed here, with the general market ranges by type below them.
By carat weightPrice by carat weight
One to ten carats across every sapphire type, blue split heated and unheated, and why the price per carat climbs faster than the carats do.
TreatmentThe unheated premium
What untreated colour asks over an equivalent heated stone, typically two to five times, and how the gap widens with size.