1.90 ct. 'Pink Fire' Quartz with Covellite
Color: Colorless
Clarity: Slightly Included
Origin: Brazil
Cut: Pear Brilliant
Treatments: None
Measurements: 13.5 x 6.5 mm
A fine example of one of the most interesting Quartz inclusion gems found in the last several years. From a very limited find in Brazil comes this Quartz with platelet-type inclusions of the mineral Covellite. What is truly phenomenal about this particular combination is that while Covellite is metallic in transmitted light, it has a bright pink flash in reflected light - so, as you move the gem a strong pink flash moves across the surface. A very unusual and attractive natural effect. Not surprisingly, gems from this locality have been given the name of 'Pink Fire' Quartz - an apt trade name.
This gem is quite well done and shows the effect quite respectably - there is not a great abundance of Covellite, but just enough to make for a subtle effect. A very scarce standard shape and smaller, more usable, size.