The Flagship Masterpiece · One of One
The Star of Genesis
48.95 carats · Burma (Myanmar) · unheated · six-ray asterism · blue to violet
The Document
Every fact, on the record
The stone is presented with its complete documentation from the Gübelin Gem Lab of Lucerne, report, gemstone rating and appendix. Nothing about this object requires trust in the house's word alone.
The Phenomenon
A star that lives in moving light
Six rays of light, assembled from rutile silk finer than a human hair, glide across the cabochon as the light source moves, while the stone's body colour shifts from deep blue in daylight to violet under incandescent light. Two phenomena, one stone.
Rarity
Five rarities, one stone
Scale
48.95 carats, far beyond the sizes in which fine star sapphire is normally seen.
Origin
Burma (Myanmar), the classic source, established by laboratory determination.
Colour change
Deep blue in daylight; violet under incandescent light.
Asterism
A natural six-rayed star, sharp and centred on the dome.
Untreated
No indications of heating, geology's work alone.
Each of these qualities is uncommon on its own. Their convergence in a single sapphire places the Star of Genesis among the rarest phenomena stones documented in recent years, and it is why the stone bears the house's name.
Understand the Stone
Three essays from the Journal
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