CORNFLOWER BLUE TO PEACOCK PURPLE

Lot: Spinel-7

     

      

      

COLOR: Cobalt Blue, Cornflower Blue, Cranberry, Hot Pink, Pastel Pink, Peacock Purple, Lilac, Bluish Teal
CLARITY: Will cut eye-clean to moderately included (80% Top Facet Rough)
ORIGIN: Tunduru, Tanzania
SIZE: Stones range in size from Approximately .80 to 2.96 Carats (1.25+ Carat Average)
WEIGHT: 375.07 Carats (300 Pieces) 75.014 Grams
PRICE: $187.54 ($.50 Per Carat / $2.50 Per Gram)
DESCRIPTION:

Super lot of Vivid Lilac and Peacock Purple to Deep Bluish Teal colored lot of alluvial Spinel from Tanzania. These are the most awesome vibrant colors and most stones in this lot look eye-clean or better; however, roughly 10%+ of these are very slightly to heavily included. I think about 3-4 stones in here are really cabbing rough but the rest are a site to behold. These are not the largest stones; however, they are a nice group of fairly chunky pieces and will undoubtedly cut some of the most breathtaking finished stones. We have a very limited amount of this on hand and are just liquidating it for the holidays. The lot is priced to sell so don't miss out.

COOL FACTS:
  1. Tanzania has long been known as a source for the most beautiful Peacock Purple and Cornflower Blue Spinels. This material is alluvial in nature and as a result most of this material tends to be very high facet grade. Over the last few years 1+ gram stones have become increasingly scarce and smaller stones are beginning to go up in price considerably. We are working toward establishing a mine direct source for this material in both large and small sizes and hope to be getting some in the near future.