While sharing its bluish tint with chrysoberyls from Madagascar and Tanzania, this rare vanadium-bearing chrysoberyl from Ratnapura, Sri Lanka simultaneously also looks looks quite different – it has a darker toned, more pronounced green hue than would usually be found in its African counterparts. It’s an excellent example of fine quality Ceylon green chrysoberyl.
We were pretty lucky to buy it as a chrysoberyl, since any chrysoberyl with a daylight color this pleasant usually gets sold as an alexandrite in the gem markets of Sri Lanka regardless of the degree of change it may (or may not) exhibit.
It has plenty of sharp brilliance when seen in person, but this didn’t unfortunately manage to translate that well into the images.
The spread is also excellent, as it looks like a carat face-up but doesn’t pay the price for it i.e. it has no window.
Variety:
Chrysoberyl
Weight:
0.82
Color:
Intensely saturated green of a medium tone
Clarity:
Eye clean
Treatments:
None
While sharing its bluish tint with chrysoberyls from Madagascar and Tanzania, this rare vanadium-bearing chrysoberyl from Ratnapura, Sri Lanka simultaneously also looks looks quite different – it has a darker toned, more pronounced green hue than would usually be found in its African counterparts. It’s an excellent example of fine quality Ceylon green chrysoberyl.
We were pretty lucky to buy it as a chrysoberyl, since any chrysoberyl with a daylight color this pleasant usually gets sold as an alexandrite in the gem markets of Sri Lanka regardless of the degree of change it may (or may not) exhibit.
It has plenty of sharp brilliance when seen in person, but this didn’t unfortunately manage to translate that well into the images.
The spread is also excellent, as it looks like a carat face-up but doesn’t pay the price for it i.e. it has no window.
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