Back from Munich show - this was the most impressive gem I have seen!!
An extremely rare and beautiful soft pink Chrome Taaffeite - 2,15 ct. Usually Taaffeite is not very saturated ( colorless - light to dark greyish lavender).
Here is a link to an article from Dr. Schmetzer
http://www.gia.edu/cs/Satellite?blobcol=gfile&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=MDT-Type&blobheadername3=Content-Type&blobheadervalue1=attachment%3B+filename%3DPurple-to-Purplish-Red-Chromium-Bearing-Taaffeites&blobheadervalue2=abinary%3B+charset%3DUTF-8&blobheadervalue3=application%2Funknown&blobkey=id&blobtable=GIA_DocumentFile&blobwhere=1355958240190&ssbinary=true
Compare the color with the other taaffeite you see in top of the pic...
An incredible rare gem.....
An extremely rare and beautiful soft pink Chrome Taaffeite - 2,15 ct. Usually Taaffeite is not very saturated ( colorless - light to dark greyish lavender).
Here is a link to an article from Dr. Schmetzer
http://www.gia.edu/cs/Satellite?blobcol=gfile&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=MDT-Type&blobheadername3=Content-Type&blobheadervalue1=attachment%3B+filename%3DPurple-to-Purplish-Red-Chromium-Bearing-Taaffeites&blobheadervalue2=abinary%3B+charset%3DUTF-8&blobheadervalue3=application%2Funknown&blobkey=id&blobtable=GIA_DocumentFile&blobwhere=1355958240190&ssbinary=true
Compare the color with the other taaffeite you see in top of the pic...
An incredible rare gem.....