GRADING REPORT GBE101
- Identification: Natural Unheated & Untreated Beryl
- Carat: 1.01
- Shape: Oval
- Measures: 7.56x4.92x2.75 (millimeter)
- Color: Excellent
- Tone: Medium Dark 60
- Color Zoning: None
- Clarity: Free of Inclusions
- Cutting Grade: Good
> Brilliancy: 80%
> Depth: 56%
- Origin: Nigeria
- Treatment: None
Certificate No: To-be-delivered / On request / Not included in price
Overall Grade: Very Good+
Comment: Great color, deep orange yellow beryl or heliodor. One may wish for a little more depth in the cut to avoid a hint of a window. Free of inclusions. A budget alternative to a yellow sapphire. The beryl family is durable for jewelry if not super tough, best set in a protective design like emerald or aquamarine should be. For a matching pair as earrings check out this pair from the same region. With three gems you can negotiate a parcel price and have a ring with matching earrings in one style and color for under $2.5k.
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 will 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 an IGI report or up to $1,500 premium for a full AIG report. 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 possible)
