An intense colour for the gem, weighing 27.30 carats, measuring 19.7 × 12.8 × 10.8 mm., fashioned as an ‘emerald cut’ or better named octagonal step cut.
Kunzite is the lilac-pink form of the mineral spodumene. Its colour varies from a rich vivid pure pink to a mere blush of lilac colour. Intense colours may have been subjected to colour enhancement and I believe this example may have been so treated although I cannot provide evidence. Its intensity has not faded during the many decades I have owned it.
This Kunzite would make a striking statement gem when mounted in a pendant or cocktail ring.
An intense colour for the gem, weighing 27.30 carats, measuring 19.7 × 12.8 × 10.8 mm., fashioned as an ‘emerald cut’ or better named octagonal step cut.
Kunzite is the lilac-pink form of the mineral spodumene. Its colour varies from a rich vivid pure pink to a mere blush of lilac colour. Intense colours may have been subjected to colour enhancement and I believe this example may have been so treated although I cannot provide evidence. Its intensity has not faded during the many decades I have owned it.
This Kunzite would make a striking statement gem when mounted in a pendant or cocktail ring.
