My BEST Tri-Chroic Chrome Kornerupine Gem - Custom Faceted by Scott Maier - 1.65 ct. / SI+

Gem:  Chrome Kornerupine Weight:  1.65 ct. - HUGE for a decently clean chrome kornerupine Dimensions: 9 x 6.6 mm Clarity: SI - mostly just silk here and there, and a little salt and pepper; no cracks Origin:  Umba Valley, Tanzania Treatments: None - Natural gemstone Comments: This impressive chrome kornerupine is the largest one I have available.  I believe it may end up as the largest and nicest one I get the opportunity to work with, and sell!   I faceted this in a modified version of Arya Akhavan's 'retrograde amelioration' - A design that I love for kornerupine. This gem is on the dark side, but the colors and brightness that you get from it pierce that deepness quite effectively.  It gives it a great, and vivid contrast.  In-hand, under normal lighting conditions, this gem shows as a vivid medium 'blue raspberry' color, which is a mix of it's axis colors of teal and purple.  But under more filtered lighting conditions, you can see seafoam green, deep purple, and all kinds of blues