White Sapphire Prices - A White Sapphire Price Guide to Buy Natural Sapphire Online

White Sapphire, prominently known as Safed Pukhraaj is extremely rare to find. It is completely colourless sapphire. Commonly it is considered as the best substitute for diamond due to its close resemblance, cheap price and durability.Although it is clear in colour, it usually exhibits a cloudy white hue, providing one way to identify them compared to diamonds, topaz and moissanite. Diamonds have a hardness of 10 on the Moh's scale and sapphires come a close second with a hardness of 9. This is what makes the white sapphire gemstone durable and suitable for jewelry purpose.

White sapphire is often addressed by numerous other names like ‘Shvet Pukhraj’ in Sanskrit, ‘White Pukhraj’ or ‘Safed Pukhraj’ in Hindi and ‘Leuco Sapphire’ in English.The common sources of white sapphire are Myanmar, Czech Republic, Brazil, Kenya, India, Australia andthe prominent source of best quality white sapphire is Sri Lanka.Maximum larger size white sapphire gems available today are resourced from Sri Lanka and are commonly referred to as 'Ceylon white sapphires'. In Indian astrology, white sapphire is recommended for Tula (Libra) and Vrishabha (Taurus) rashi. Inwestern astrology, white sapphire is considered suitable for Cancer sign. White Pukhraj stone can also be worn by the ascendants of Gemini, Virgo, Capricorn and Aquarius signs.

White Sapphire stone price in India varies from Rs 1500 per carat ($20 approx.) and can go as far as Rs 70,000 per carat ($1000 approx.) plus. Generally, the value of white sapphire is determined by analysing its Origin, Colour, Clarity, Carat weight and Cut.For astrological purposes, a colourless White Sapphire with maximum transparency is considered the best quality White Sapphire gemstone.

Origin

Some major mines of natural white sapphire are situated in Sri-Lanka, Burma, Australia, Thailand, Tanzania and Cambodia. Out of all these origins, Sri Lankan or Ceylonese white sapphire is regarded as the most sought-after variety due to its exceptional clarity and large size and thus are the most expensive. Burmese and Thai Sapphire are usually off-white in colourand are comparatively less in price.

Colour

Nearly 75% of the white sapphire gems produced are pale brown or muddy in colour. Among the remaining 25%, just 10% of them qualify the gem quality. Therefore, it is little difficult to find an absolutely eye clean, natural white sapphire at a cheaper cost. They are usually expensive than lower quality stones containing milky clouds or colour tints.

Clarity

Safed Pukhraj is likely to have some internal imperfections. Its clarity is judged by the level of transparency, inclusions and surface blemishes. Lesser the number of inclusions, more valuable will be the white sapphire natural stone.

Carat weight

Natural white sapphire crystals are rarely found in big sizes. Therefore, white sapphires sourced from Shri Lanka, which compared to other sources are larger in size, are more expensive. However, if the quality is not same, the top-qualitywhite sapphire even in small size can get a much higher amount than low-quality stone in bigger size.

Cut

A beautifully craftedwhite sapphire usually avails good money in the market ascraftmanship enhances the brightness of the stone and hides the visible inclusions efficiently. If quality remains same, the round or oval shaped white sapphires are cheaper than square or other custom shapes because the cutting process of oval and round shape gem involves minimum wastage.

• Princess cut
• Marquise cut
• Pear cut