Baby Tigers Are Born With Blue Eyes Sapphire & Diamond Ring

For ten million years, the sapphire crystal sat undetected in a Southeast Asian jungle. Tigers with blue eyes roamed above. Blue rain swept through. Clouds parted, blue skies showed, and another million years passed. The pretty blue crystal remained, and then, sometime in the last seven years, it was found.

The guy who found the crystal did what every gem miner does with a good gem crystal: He held it to the sun, closed one eye, turned the gem around, and at that moment, he knew this crystal would buy him a house and feed his family for a year. He could feel his heart racing.

When we acquired this finished cut gem, we, too, could feel all his excitement because the sapphire was so sparkly in its pure blue color.

Then, because it was so nice, we did something we’d only done once before. We surrounded it with eight ¼ carat diamonds. I wish I could be transported back to that jungle seven years ago and show the man the ring we made…but then perhaps he already knew its destiny when he found the gem. He could sense its future.

Why a Cross Blue Sapphire is the Best

We love blue. We know blue. We live by the blue sea, beneath summer blue skies. Even our business is located on a peninsula called Portland, surrounded by saltwater on three sides. We can feel the blue pulsing with every tide. Even from the rooftop of our building, we can see the open sea. Binoculars show ships coming and going on a blue, blue sea.

We love blue sapphire. It’s bright, brilliant, and amazingly durable. As the second hardest gem to diamond, sapphire is a highly wearable gem, ideal even for rings. We love blue sapphire. We love it so much we’ve traveled to Southeast Asia to find first-choice colors.

We choose a lighter, brighter blue than most American jewelers because it shows up best under a wide range of real-world lighting conditions. Our blue sapphires look and perform best on sunny summer days to candlelit dinners for two. We want your blue sapphire to dazzle you, dazzle your partner, and everyone in any room you choose to visit. Cross’s blue sapphires are the best.

Why We Love This Ring

The Gem is big. The gem is blue. The gem is brilliant. And we really can see the hand, the index finger and the thumb that first touched the crystal. We feel the excitement felt by that first person who touched the gem. That energy still echoes and radiates within the finished cut gem.

The diamonds are all high-white, Royal Ideal cut for maximum beauty and shine. They are natural Earth-mined gems and are perfectly matched to one another. The platinum ring is low-profile for comfort and handmade to hold all its gems. On your hand, it will be dazzling.