Gem: Chrome Kornerupine
Weight: 0.49 ct.
Dimensions: 5.35 x 5.45
Clarity: SI
Origin: Umba Valley, Tanzania
Treatments: None
Comments:
This turns out to have been the CLEANEST extra deep purple chrome kornerupine I have ever cut!
The gem shows green, blueberry blue, and candy-grape colors on a deep purple/black background, often all at the same time, but in various combinations of 2 colors as well.
This gem is special for it's rarity, AND color, AND clarity.
It's a real holy-grail example of this unicorn stone.
It's a cool half carat, but as it is a triangle, it faces up like a larger stone. It'd make for a great ring OR necklace.