1.08 ct. Sri Lankan Bi-Color Spinel
Color: Dark Blue / Purple
Clarity: Eye Clean
Origin: Sri Lanka
Cut: Rectangular Step
Treatments: None
Measurements: 6.9 x 4.5 mm
Only on a few occasions have we seen true bi-color gem Spinel. While color zoning is common in other gem species, it almost never occurs in Spinel and, when it actually does, the crystal is almost never gem grade. From a small Sri Lankan find comes this lovely and interesting gem Spinel with a distinct color split between an inky-blue shade (roughly the righthand 80% of the stone in the photo) and an attractive violet-purple (the lefthand 20% or so). A very odd effect to see in Spinel. Nicely cut, clean and extremely rare - it’s very dark in tone, but remains a rare connoisseur's stone to be sure. One of the only ones we have seen in a weight over 1 carat.