This item is a part of the following collections:

Treasures of the Earth

"Treasures of the Earth" is a collection of noteworthy gemstones hand-picked by our team of gemstone experts. Every gemstone in this collection will captivate you with its intrinsic beauty and spectacular flair.

Geographic Origin:
Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Treatments:
No Treatments (Unheated/Untreated)

Color Award:
Cornflower Blue

Color Award Description:
The lively blue color of this gem earns it the "Cornflower Blue" color award.

Transparency:
Transparent

Clarity Grade:
Very Slightly Included

Clarity Grade Description:
Inclusions are very slightly visible on close eye inspection but don't detract the viewer's eye from the stone's beauty

Vibrant Brilliancy:
This gemstone exhibits a brilliancy that is classified as "vibrant." Vibrant brilliancy results from a combination of factors such as skillful cutting, excellent clarity, even color distribution, and a very low degree of extinction.

Superior Cutting:
The cut grade of this gemstone is classified as "superior". It has been masterfully cut by our highly skilled gem cutters (lapidaries) to bring out its best qualities and diminish any perceived imperfections. This gemstone is symmetrical, well-proportioned, and has an excellent surface polish. Therefore, it displays the maximum dispersion, scintillation, and fire.

Extremely rare:
This gemstone is classified as "extremely rare" since it occurs so infrequently in gem quality that it's scarcely known except to gem connoisseurs.

This item is accompanied by the following gemological report. We will ship the original report along with the item.

GRS Gem Research Swisslab report # GRS2022-121242

• The accompanying GRS report authenticates this gemstone as a "Natural Spinel" with a comment stating "No indication of thermal treatment".

• The accompanying GRS report describes the color as "vivid blue". GRS awards this color term only to select spinels that meet their specific "vivid blue" color criteria.