But sapphires from the rugged Zanskar range of the Himalayan mountains in Kashmir, northwest India, are the rarest and most sought after. And so, it was with great excitement that Claire-Laurence ...

This one is a natural stone. It then went off to Switzerland where the Swiss Gemmological Institute (SSEF) confirmed it as a Kashmir sapphire. Finding out where a sapphire came from is neither ...

Adam’s A sapphire and diamond ring formerly estimated between €8,000 and €12,000 fetched a record-breaking €550,000 at Adam’s on May 13. The estimate increased to €150,000 to €250,000 when the ...

An extremely rare Kashmir sapphire has sold at auction in Dublin for €550,000 – the “highest price ever seen” in Ireland for a gem of its kind and almost 70 times its original estimated value.

Kashmir, Myanmar and Sri Lanka were important sources for sapphires historically, according to the Geological Institute of America. The stone was first discovered in Kashmir around 1881.