GRADING REPORT CZI364
- Identification: Natural Unheated & Untreated Citrine
- Carat: 13.35
- Shape: Rounded Cushion
- Measures: 17.13x12.05x9.22 (millimeter)
- Color Grade: Good
- Tone: L33
- Color Zoning: None
- Clarity: Free of Inclusions (Silky)
- Cutting Grade: Very Good+ (precision cut)
o Brilliancy: 90%
o Depth: 74%
- Origin: Madagascar
- Treatment: None
Certificate No: To be delivered/ On demand / Not included in Price
Overall Grade: Very Good
Comment: This natural citrine still contains the silky crystal which would be burned out by heat treatment. The same is true for the bright yellow tone, which may be turned into the usual Citrine yellow you see in treated gems. We keep it as it was found. Precision-cut but without an 'excellent' in cutting grade, cause the cutter could have had some more phantasy with big material to 'play' up on. Nothing wrong with the current cut, utterly flawless, but we reserve our 'excellent' for the truly special lapidary work. The color reminds me of a sunny days' rising with fog still clinging to the ground, scattering the sunshine into a white-yellow haze. Free of inclusions. Powerful giant for a Jyotish setting in a pendant.
P.S. The unusual circumstances of this year, personal and in general, have so far hindered us from getting lab reports done, although I dare hope this will change by late May when I visit Antwerp in person. The price here quoted is EXCLUDING our usual certificate. If you like to have a lab report for this garnet we need to add between $100 for a full IGI report. A $1,000 premium AIG report seems out of dimensions for a 'normal' almandine. But it too, would need a good deal extra time (currently over 12 weeks, sigh). That prices in this P.S. section differ is no lazy mistake but reflects the different pricing policies of the gem labs we use. Some calculate via weight, e.g. a 7 carat garnet is more expensive to test than a one carat, others labs go via pieces, when a small sapphire costs as much as a 10 carat gem.
Discuss design options (with a hunted matched pair highly impropable)
