1.02 ct. Vietnamese Purple Spinel
Color: Medium Dark Purple
Clarity: Eye Clean
Origin: An Phu, Vietnam
Cut: Oval Brilliant
Treatments: None
Measurements: 6.9 x 5.2 mm
A really lovely and richly colored stone that falls somewhere between what you might expect of Vietnamese stones and their Sri Lankan counterparts. This is not a light tone pastel Luc Yen color, nor is it a dark and muddy Sri Lankan one. The tone may be Sri Lankan, but the unmodified color is all Vietnam - no brownish overtones. Really nicely cut and clean save for one or two spots of slight haze (a type of crystalline dislocation cloud that is characteristic of Vietnamese stones), a one-off stone from a good supplier at a competitive cost.