Gem: Reverse Watermelon Tourmaline
Weight: 5.77 ct.
Dimensions: 12.2 x 11.4 x 3.6 mm
Clarity: VS, which is incredible for a tourmaline slice
Treatments: None, natural gem
Origin: Brazil
Comments:
This is an amazing quality of tourmaline slice. There are hardly any inclusions at all, and they are pretty hard to see, even when you do catch one. The color pattern and zoning is easy to see, and quite interesting. It looks like a green tourmaline was soaked in beet juice!!!
I see pink, purple, green, white and yellowish gray in this piece, and I love getting lost looking into it trying to see even more. It's really destined to be in a top notch piece of jewelry, or worthy of a very nice gem collection.
Great size and thickness to be a ring or pendant! If you were so inclined, it would also make for a fantastic rose-cut faceted cabochon.