I love this story. Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, the island of gems off the southern tip of India. They were building a road through the jungle. The trucks rolled in, dumped, and went back to the gravel pit for more. At lunch, one of the drivers dumped his truck, got out, had a cup of coffee, looked down and picked up a blue sapphire crystal, then another, and another. The new road was littered with light pastel blue sapphires. He and other truck drivers collected hundreds of pastel blue gem sapphire crystals. I’m imagining some of the gems the truck drivers found that day are in this bracelet. It’s a great story to share.
Map of India and the Island of Ceylon
India and the island of Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is the Island of Gems, so wealthy some say they pave roads with pastel blue sapphires.
Why a Cross Sapphire is the Best
We love blue. We know blue. We live by the blue sea, beneath summer blue skies. Our business is located on a peninsula called Portland, surrounded by saltwater on three sides. We can feel the blue ocean pulsing with every tide. 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 is bright, brilliant and is amazingly durable. As the second hardest gem to diamond, it is a highly wearable gem, ideal for rings. We love blue sapphire…we love it so much that we have 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 everything from sunny days to a candlelit dinner for two.
We want your blue sapphire to dazzle you, dazzle your partner and everyone in any room you visit. Cross’ blue sapphires are the best.
