2.50 ct. ‘Trapiche’ Sapphire
Color: Light Pink / Dark Blue
Clarity: Transparent
Origin: Winza, Tanzania
Cut: Hexagonal Slice
Treatments: None
Measurements: 9.6 x 8.6 x 2.3 mm
Winza Sapphires are well known for their dramatic (and unheated!) color zoning; it is entirely possible to get a Ruby and a blue Sapphire in the same gem. We recently saw and interesting parcel of slices cut to show this zoning - but this gem was the stand-out, a wild light pink gem with deep blue zoning in a trapiche like pattern. We have seen nothing like this before from Winza and aren’t really sure if it is random or related to the growth of the crystal. Outstanding and very fascinating indeed.