• Color: Medium Pink / Dark Blue

• Clarity: Translucent

• Origin: Winza, Tanzania

• Cut: Polished Slice

• Treatments: None

• Measurements: 14.3 x 13 x 2 mm

It certainly doesn’t get much weirder than this. And yes, of course, this is absolutely not a trapiche in the true gemological sense but given that everything with a hint of a fixed star-like pattern is now given this descriptor we simply couldn’t resist. Winza stones are known for extreme zoning and there are many pink-red gems with blue streaks and globs, even the occasional very nice bi-color that could be called a divided Ruby/Sapphire gem. But we have never seen this one before! The dark blue color zones are arranged as a three arm stellate pattern in what looks for all the world like a ruby that has a blue sapphire trapiche. It’s quite likely that we are seeing the product of a once in a million random chance of color zoning here. Moreover, this is the only serious blue in the slice aside from the border, so it looks great. Bit of roughness around the edges, but nothing beyond that. Amazing!

$245 / carat - $1337 total