

When considering all of these components for your natural and untreated sapphire engagement ring, it is vitally important to have an understanding of how you may want to set your sapphire in the ring so that you can consider which of the the 4Cs may be the most important for your particular needs. We break down the 4Cs for sapphires below for a complete guide on how color, clarity, cut, and carat weight affect sapphires, especially for natural and untreated sapphires. However, the rules for grading within each criterion are different for colored gemstones than diamonds. Similar to diamonds, the quality of colored gemstones is graded using standards set for four criteria. A selection of our rough sapphire crystals, all would have different cut, clarity, color, and carat weight.
