LOT OF 5 NATURAL AND UNTREATED AAA QUALITY AQUAMARINE FROM MT. ANTERO COLORADO

LOT OF 5 NATURAL AND COMPLETELY UNTREATED AAA QUALITY AQUAMARINE MINED FROM MT. ANTERO COLORADO. AQUAMARINE FROM THIS REGION ARE PRIZED AROUND THE WORLD AND COMMAND UPWARDS OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS A CARAT WHOLESALE IN THIS QUALITY. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN 5 WITH ASSORTED FACETED CUTS, ALL WITH PREMIUM CUT GRADES. ALL OF THESE GEMSTONES HAVE FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY, BLINDING BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER, AND AMAZING SATURATED SKY BLUE COLOR. EACH MEASURES 6X4 MM TO 7X5 MM AND THE LOT OF 5 HAS A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 3.67 CARATS. THESE GEMSTONES WERE ALL PRIVATELY PROSPECTED USING PRIMITIVE METHODS BY AMERICAN GEM HUNTERS, THEN FACETED IN ARIZONA BY EXPERT AMERICAN GEMSTONE CUTTERS. AQUAMARINE MINED FROM COLORADO IS EXTREMELY RARE AND VALUABLE DUE TO SEVERAL FACTORS. ONE OF THE LARGEST REASONS IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT ONLY EXTREMELY RARE, BUT THE ROUGH IS DUG UP BY INDIVIDUAL PROSPECTORS USING PRIMITIVE TOOLS BECAUSE THEIR IS NOT ENOUGH ROUGH FOR A COMMERCIAL MINE TO BE PROFITABLE. THE COST OF AMERICAN LABOR IS ALSO EXTREMELY HIGH COMPARED TO COUNTRIES SUCH AS BRAZIL OR INDIA, AND MANY KNOWLEDGEABLE COLLECTORS PREFER STONES FROM CERTAIN LOCATIONS TO COMPLETE THEIR COLLECTIONS. AQUAMARINE MINED FROM COLORADO IS OFTEN FOUND IN VERY SMALL CRYSTALS WITH NO MATRIX ATTACHED, AND ARE KNOWN TO CONTAIN AN UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNT OF GAS INCLUSIONS (LOOK LIKE FOG OR CLOUDS WITHIN THE STONE). FOR THIS REASON GEMS OVER ONE THIRD OF A CARAT OR GEMSTONES WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY ARE EXTREMELY RARE. ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF AQUAMARINE FROM THIS REGION IS IT LACKS GREEN OVERTONES WHICH IS HIGHLY PREFERRED BY AMERICAN JEWELERS AND GEMOLOGISTS AND DEMANDS A PREMIUM.