MATCHED PAIR OF INVESTMENT QUALITY AQUAMARINE WITH SATURATED BLUE COLOR

NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED HEART CUT AQUAMARINE (MATCHED PAIR) MINED FROM THE SANTA MARIA MINE IN BRAZIL. AMAZING SATURATED BLUE COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. AMAZING DIAMOND LIKE LUSTER. EACH OF THESE GEMS MEASURE 6X6 MM WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 2.35 CARATS. AQUAMARINE IS A VERY RARE AND VALUABLE GEMSTONE WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE BERYL FAMILY. KNOWN FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL BLUE COLORS WHICH SOMETIMES HAVE GREEN OVERTONES. AQUAMARINE IS BECOMING EXTREMELY RARE IN SIZES OVER 1 CARAT WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY, AND AQUAMARINE WITH SATURATED COLOR OVER 1 CARAT ARE EVEN MORE RARE. FOR THIS REASON THIS GEMSTONE SPECIES HAS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENT GEMSTONES ON THE MARKET. WITH A HARDNESS OF 8 AND GREAT DURABILITY WHICH PROVIDES A GREAT GEMSTONE FOR EVERYDAY WEAR. MANY GEMOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO ADD AQUAMARINE TO THE LIST OF PRECIOUS GEMSTONES (EMERALD RUBY, SAPPHIRE) BECAUSE OF ITS INCREASING RARITY AND VALUE. MANY HIGHER QUALITY AQUAMARINE ARE RIVALING OR SELLING FOR EVEN MORE THAN EMERALDS, RUBIES, AND SAPPHIRES. EUROPE HAS ALREADY ADDED THIS BEAUTIFUL GEMSTONE TO THE LIST NEARLY A DECADE AGO. THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AQUAMARINE IS MINED FROM THE SANTA MARIA MINE IN BRAZIL AND IS KNOWN FOR ITS SATURATED COLOR AND EYE CLEAN CLARITY. THE RAREST AQUAMARINE ARE MINED FROM A SMALL DEPOSIT IN FRANKLIN NORTH CAROLINA WHICH PRODUCES LESS THAN 1% OF GEMSTONE QUALITY AQUAMARINE. AQUAMARINE CAN BE HEAT TREATED TO IMPROVE COLOR, IT IS A SAFE AND PERMINENT TREATMENT WHICH IS USED ON NEARLY ALL MODERN MINED AQUAMARINE.