3.20 ct. Pakistani Axinite
Color: Dark Slightly Purplish Brown
Clarity: Eye Clean
Origin: Baluchistan, Pakistan
Cut: Cushion
Treatments: None
Measurements: 10.3 x 6.8 mm
A really superb, collection grade Axinite of the finest quality. These wonderfully saturated gems with the exceptional hint of purple pleochroism are few and far between. This was always the look you were hoping for in gem Axinite - even in stones from the old Baja California deposit, but rarely if ever actually got. It was the brown gems that show this unexpected purple brilliance and they were often too dark or included. This example is exceptional in all regards - the color is just right, a medium dark slightly golden brown that is not overly dark or 'muddy'. Almost no other gem species is capable of such a wild combination of colors, indeed there is even a somewhat greenish element in some lighting. Fascinating.