Zircon (superb color)

Item Description

Zircons are some of the most colorful gems in the world, found in a wide range of colors. The durability of the material combined with good sized gems makes them very popular in jewelry, and they display strong dispersion, which is a characteristic of gems to break white light into its spectral colors, creating dazzling reflections inside the stone. This is a stunning and superb faceted pink Zircon gem from Tanzania. Pink stones are fairly hard to find on the market, and this gem has a wonderful deep rose hue (with a slight orange overtone), rarely seen in Zircon from any world locality. These fairly new Tanzanian stones can range from a light champagne color to a peach / orange hue, but the rarest and most desirable examples are these gorgeous pink gems. The stone has a brilliant almost metallic quality, which looks best in sunlight. The clarity is excellent as well as you don't see many Zircons this size with this kind of color that are "clean" like this one. This stone has a wonderful "Asscher" cut, and you can see the classic birefringence that Zircon displays in the photo. It's important to note that Zircon is sometimes confused with Cubic Zirconia, which is a lab-grown Diamond simulant, whereas Zircon is a completely natural silicate mineral. This stone would make for a great center stone in a ring or a pendant, and will look fabulous in white gold! Valued $749.00 high retail.