The Name is Sinhalese word “padma radschen”, meaning lotus blossom, as the colour of stone is of a similar colour to the lotus blossom. The ideal colour of the padparadscha is the combination of lotus flower and tropical sunset. However there has been differing arguments among experts defining its colour. A survey was taken among the Sri Lankan to identify the colour where most respondents predominantly identified as mentioned in the below table. Many participant indicated ‘Deep and vivid’ mixture of pink and orange as cherished colour spectrum of padparadscha stone.
13/A2, Heraniyawaka Kiriella, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
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Padparadscha Sapphire
Rs.860,600
Padparadscha sapphires are typically found in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), where the Sinhalese people have lived for centuries, but the gemstones have also been uncovered in Tanzania and Madagascar. This stone is durable, too, rating a 9 on the Mohs Hardness Scale—just beneath a diamond.
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Colourless zircon found in Sri Lanka is celebrated for its brilliance and flashes of multicoloured light, called fire. Meanwhile, zircon is also typically found in an array of colours from brown, red, blue, purple, and rarely green. Often confused by cubic zirconia, Zircon has high brilliance and dispersion.
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