Maine Coast Blue Sapphire Raindrop and Diamond Necklace

I live next to the sea. Yes, it’s magic. Yes, it’s blue. As we were looking at this necklace, Alice said, “This necklace is a drop of water you could go down to the shore and scoop up…”

I interrupted and said, “Yeah, I could bring a measuring cup down. The truth settles in; of course, a measuring cup of water is colorless, and yet, a billion, billion, billion raindrops all together become an ocean and are blue, and the symbol of a raindrop is a pear shape.

Nice blue pear shape sapphires are rare. I sat with a gem cutter yesterday. He had 150 blue sapphires. One sapphire in his collection, just one, was a pear shape. It was beautiful. I bought it.

This story begins to explain how rare a lovely blue sapphire in a pear shape can be. In this classic design, we have three necklaces. Three sounds like a lot..it is! In my 45 years here at Cross, we’ve never had three pear shape blue sapphires at one time. And, when we’ve had one, we’ve often mounted it as a classic like this necklace. We have only three of these necklaces today. The blue is beautiful, brilliant, and with a small pure white diamond at the top, it indeed captures the color of our Maine ocean. The necklace is pure magic.

This photograph gives you a good sense of the size of the Maine Coast Blue Sapphire Raindrop necklace. The top of the loop to the bottom of the sapphire is 14mm or a little over 1/2 inch.

Why We Love This Necklace

It’s a classic with a beautiful blue gem. Simple, not fussy, it’s a big, rare, pear-shaped blue sapphire, and a brilliant white diamond flashing bright, all set in 14K yellow gold.