PRICELESS FANCY PEAR CUT INDICOLITE TOURMALINE - HUGE 18.61 CARAT SIZE / TOP QUALITY GEMSTONE

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS PERFET AAA MUSEUM QUALITY FANCY PEAR SHAPED MILLENNIUM LASER FACETED CUT INDICOLITE TOURMALINE. OUTSTANDING PRICELESS MUSEUM QUALITY. INDICOLITE TOURMALINE OF THIS SIZE IS NOT EVEN LISTED ON THE COLORED GEMSTONE INDEX BECAUSE IT IS SO RARE!! COMPLETELY NATURAL AND UNTREATED. ENORMOUS 22X16 MM SIZE WITH A WEIGHT OF 18.61 CARATS MAKING THIS BY FAR THE LARGEST INDICOLITE TOURMALINE WE HAVE EVER SOLD! FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND SATURATED BLUE COLOR WITH VERY VERY SLIGHT GREEN UNDERTONES AND A VERY VIBRANT, VIVID, AND BRIGHT HUE. THIS INDICOLITE TOURMALINE HAS THE ABSOLUTE BEST COLOR, CLARITY, CUT, AND BRILLIANCE RATINGS AND IS ALSO VERY LARGE MAKING IT COMPLETELY IRREPLACEABLE. WHEN GEMSTONES ARE LISTED AS IRREPLACEABLE ON THE COLORED GEMSTONE INDEX THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SO RARE THAT THEY ARE PRICELESS. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE FINEST GEMSTONES OF EVEN THE WORLDS FINEST ROYAL GEMSTONE COLLECTIONS AND WILL MAKE AN HEIRLOOM QUALITY PIECE OF JEWELRY. THIS GORGEOUS INDICOLITE TOURMALINE WAS MINED FROM THE DOCE VALLEY IN BRAZIL AND FACETED BY A THIRD GENERATION GEMSTONE CUTTER AND GEMOLOGIST IN PARAIBA BRAZIL. INDICOLITE TOURMALINE IS A VERY RARE AND VALUABLE SUBSPECIES OF TOURMALINE EHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS AMAZING BLUE COLOR. INDICOLITE TOURMALINE IS A TYPE 3 GEMSTONE WHICH MEANS IT IS VERY RARELY FOUND WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY. GEMSTONES WEIGHING OVER 0.25 CARATS WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY ARE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY UNCOMMON AND MAKE UP LESS THAN 1 % OF THE FACETED INDICOLITE EVER MINED. THIS RARE GEMSTONE SPECIES IS MOST OFTEN MINED FROM BRAZIL BUT COUPLE OTHER DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN AFRICA WHICH ARE ALSO PRODUCING INDICOLITE. THIS FORM OF TOURMALINE HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CHEMICAL COMPOSITION WHICH MAKES IT DISTINGUISHABLE FROM STANDARD TOURMALINE.