BEAUTIFUL EMERALD CUT FIERY RED ANDESINE LOOSE GEMSTONE

NATURAL AND VERY RARE CINNAMON COLORED ANDESINE MINED FROM THE ANDES MOUNTAINS. PERFECT FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND FIERY CINNAMON RED COLOR. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. MEASURES 6X4 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.69 CARATS MAKING IT THE PERFECT SIZE FOR ANY JEWELRY APPLICATION. ANDESINE LABRADORITE IS AN EXTREMELY RARE GEMSTONE SPECIES WHICH WAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED HIDDEN IN THE ANDES MOUNTAINS IN SOUTH AMERICAN. THIS EXCLUSIVE GEMSTONE SPECIES IS CLOSELY RELATED TO LABRADORITE AND OFTEN CALLED LABRADORITES "COUSIN," EVEN THOUGH THEY LOOK NOTHING ALIKE. ANDESINE CAN BE FOUND IN AN ARRAY OF COLORS SUCH AS YELLOW, ORANGE, RED, GOLDEN, AND CHAMPAGNE. THIS GEMSTONE IS VERY MYSTERIOUS TO GEMOLOGISTS, BECAUSE IT IS SO RARE AND NEW MUCH IS STILL LEFT TO BE LEARNED ABOUT THE STONE. SOME GEMOLOGISTS BELIEVE THAT RED AND ORANGE ANDESINE HAS TO BE DIFFUSION TREATED SINCE MOST SPECIMENS SHOW EVIDENCE OF THE TREATMENT. EVEN THE ORIGINS ARE STILL IFFY AT BEST. MOST GEMSTONE CUTTING CENTERS DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHERE THE ROUGH WAS MINED FROM BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET. THE ANDES MOUNTAINS HAVE SPARCE POCKETS OF THE GEMSTONE WHICH ARE VERY SMALL AND PRIVATELY MINED WITH A PICK AND SHOVEL. THE ANDES MOUNTAINS HAVE NEVER PRODUCED ENOUGH TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE ANDESINE ON THE MARKET AND IT IS RUMORED SMALL POCKETS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN CHINA, MONGOLIA, CONGO, TIBET, AND SOUTH INDIA. THIS SPECIMEN HAS BEEN LABRATORY TESTED AND IS NOT DIFFUSION TREATED. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE SOURCE THROUGH THE CONSIGNOR WHO PURCHASED THE GEM AS ROUGH DIRECTLY FROM THE MINER. BECAUSE THIS GEMSTONE IS SO RARE AND BEAUTIFUL MANY BELIEVE IT WILL BE THE GEMSTONE THAT WILL REPLACE THE MARKET GAP CREATED BY THE DEPLETION OF THE TANZANITE MINES DUBBING IT THE NICKNAME "THE NEW TANZANITE." IT IS ALREADY RIVALING THE PER CARAT PRICE OF TANZANITE WITH GEM GRADE SPECIMENS STARTING AROUND $250 A CARAT WHOLESALE WITH AAA EXAMPLES BREAKING THE $1,000 PER CARAT MARK IN LARGER 2+ CARAT UNTREATED LABRADORITE. EVEN THE NAME IS STILL UP IN THE AIR IN THE GEMOLOGY COMMUNITY. GIA CALLS THE STONE ANDESINE-LABRADORITE, WHILE MOST OTHER GEMSTONE INSTITUTIONS CALL IT SIMPLY ANDESINE. ONE THIS IS FOR SURE, THE STONE IS NOT ACTUALLY LABRADORITE BUT IS IN THE SAME FAMILY OF FELDSPAR GEMSTONES. LABRADORITE CAN BE DISTINGUISHED, AND LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER GEMSTONES WITH SIMILAR COLORS BECAUSE OF ITS VITREOUS APPEARANCE COMMONLY SEEN IN FELDSPAR GEMSTONES.