Gorgeous flowers in the Chopard lounge…
1890s Victorian 1.19ct Old Mine Cut Diamond Engagement Ring
Platinum, 10K Rose Gold (in the online shop)
Harlem
Leonard Freed.
The name is derived from the Sanskrit/Sinhalese ”padma raga” (padma = lotus; raga = color), a color akin to the lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera ‘Speciosa’).
Padparadscha is a pink-orange corundum, with a low to medium saturation and light tone, originally being mined in Sri Lanka, but also found in deposits in Vietnam and parts of Africa. Padparadscha sapphires are rare; the rarest of all is the totally natural variety, with no sign of treatment