Gem: Chrome Kornerupine
Weight: 0.195 ct.
Dimensions: 3.4 x 3.4 mm
Clarity: SI / VS zone
Origin: Umba Valley, Tanzania
Treatments: None
Comments:
This DEEPLY purple gemstone was faceted with the rich purple color facing out of the table. It's not easy to get a chrome kornerupine to face in this orientation, usually, because kornerupine is so rare that it is faceted in whatever orientation maximizes yield. Sometimes you get lucky, though, and the shape lends itself to having the purple facing up. This is the goal.
Examples of this material like this one are exceedingly rare. Small (affordable) but still very obviously, and richly purple. That being said, it still has multiple hues of green and blue playing in the mix as well.