GLISTENING FACETED ROUND CUT AQUAMARINE MINED FROM MT ANTERO COLORADO / PERFECT AAA GEMSTONE

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED ROUND CUT AQUAMARINE MINED FROM MT. ANTERO COLORADO WITH PERFECT AAA QUALITY. EXPERTLY FACETED IN THE USA INTO A FACETED ROUND BRILLIANT CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. AMAZING SKY BLUE COLOR WITH VERY SATURATED HUE AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 6X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.00 CARATS. COLORADO MINED AQUAMARINE IS EXTREMELY RARE AND VALUABLE. MOST SPECIMENS RETAIL FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ONLY ALLOWING THE WEALTHIEST COLLECTORS ABLE TO PURCHASE SPECIMENS OF GEM QUALITY. ALL COLORADO AQUAMARINE IS PROSPECTED BY HAND USING PRIMITIVE METHODS SUCH AS PICKS AND SHOVELS. MOST HAVE CLAIMS WHICH ARE ONLY ABOUT 1/10TH ACRE AND SPEND THE WHOLE SEASON PROSPECTING ONLY TO FIND 100-150 CARATS. JUST THE LABOR IT TAKES TO RETRIEVE THESE STONES CAN AMOUNT TO HUNDREDS OF HOURS PER CARATS. SINCE THESE STONES ARE SO RARE AND VALUABLE THEY ARE RARELY TREATED, AND ARE ALSO VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN EYE CLEAN CLARITIES. SINCE THE TELEVISION SHOW "PROSPECTORS" HAS AIRED THE DEMAND FOR GEMS FROM THIS REGION HAS INCREASED DRASTICALLY, THIS SPARK IN PUBLIC INTEREST HAS CAUSED THE STONES PRICE TO TRIPLE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS ALONE! THE COLORED STONE PRICE INDEX CURRENTLY ESTIMATES THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE OF THESE AQUAMARINE TO BE $1,402.10 PER CARAT OF GEM QUALITY MATERIAL!