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This stone is cut remarkably well and has awesome scintillation and life. The color is like a delicate pink and it has blue sparks in certain lights, but does not shift to lavender in any other lighting. It's remarkably crystal, and only has one small tiny bubble inclusion indicative of spinels. No sleepiness whatsoever. It's not a super saturated pink, but a delicate pink. No brown in the stone. I can't really get the true color to come out in my photos, but the truest color is probably the bottom right hand fuzzy photo. The top photos are more mauve than the stone IRL, but they show off the sparkle. The photos were all taken in natural diffused light in my den on a cloudy day. I have not seen this stone in sunlight yet. The one photo where it's sitting on top of an empty setting is in incandescent light.
Well, honest opinions are welcome. Just wanted to share another stone in my ever growing spinel collection. I'm finding I actually am becoming enamored with them for the good value they represent (in relation to their more expensive cousin, corundum) , and they're untreated, and sparkle like mad.
Well, honest opinions are welcome. Just wanted to share another stone in my ever growing spinel collection. I'm finding I actually am becoming enamored with them for the good value they represent (in relation to their more expensive cousin, corundum) , and they're untreated, and sparkle like mad.