This listing is for the depicted gemstone. It can be purchased loose or can be reserved or bundled for a custom jewelry project
• 2.1 carats
• 8.8mm in length, 6.9mm in width, and 5.7mm in depth
• Cut in my galaxy octagonal design
• Uncut gem sourced from Brazil
• Unheated/untreated
• One inclusion visible
• Light tone
• I prefer this gem be purchased loose only. If you would like me to set this gem for you, please be aware of the wait time! If you don't want to wait, I'm happy to recommend one of jeweler peers to make a setting for it.
This is a very bright sparkly beryl. This was sold to me as "mint beryl", I'd say its somewhere on the cusp of heliodor and aquamarine. Most aquamarines are a similar color before heat treatment and then turn a nice shade of blue after heat is applied. Its actually very rare aquamarine will come out of the ground a nice shade of blue, but it does happen. Sometimes aquamarine will be heat treated based on the extraction method. In some open pit hard rock mines they will light a big bonfire inside the pit to make the bedrock easier to break apart so they can get to the aquamarine and this will inadvertently heat treat the gems, and these are usually sold as "unheated" which is a difficult claim to independently verify. A slight greenish hint in your aquamarine is a visual indicator that the aquamarine has not been heat treated. There is one small inclusion near the centerpoint that is clearly visible under magnification but you need to look for it without. I wouldn't quite say its perfectly eye clean but very close. I don't notice the inclusion unless I'm trolling for it. This gem would make a stunning ring or pendant!
