GRADING REPORT PSS157
- Identification: Natural Unheated & Untreated Sphene
- Carat: 1.57
- Shape: Extra Long Pear
- Measures: 11.64x5.25x3.72 (millimeter)
- Color Grade: Very Good+
- Tone: MD60
- Color Zoning: None
- Clarity: Very Lightly Included
- Cutting Grade: Exellent
o Brilliancy: 66%
o Depth: 70%
- Origin: East Siberia, Russia
- Treatment: None
Certificate No: IGI 219624175 (see scan under 'more images')
Overall Grade: Excellent (extra points for rare shape in sphene)
Comment: My personal favorite (and the last) from our parcel of newly arrived East Siberia sphenes. The unusual long shape, and be informed sphene is extremely difficult to cut like that, comes with a dozen marvelous light effects, some of which I tried to capture with artificial light setting and dark-room shots, all under 'more images'. It should be set in a solid pendant and the long tip will have to be protected with a strong bezel setting. Once this is done (we cover all risk) that pendant can be worn on a daily basis without special care (beyond the usual no-kite-surfing, no free-climbing or bungee-jumping). Glitter daily it will! Must be seen in candle-light, under a full moon, on a dance floor, in blazing sunshine and LED-spot-lights. No window, no visible inclusions, magic cutting, no treatments and all Wild Fish perks included. The hue mixes aggressive green with golden yellow, making lime yellow or lemon green. Thanks to the high dispersion and the long shape the glitter runs up and down the gem, like a firework on a Christmas tree! My personal favorites carry a premium, as usual, even more than our average gem but I assume you are not here to pinch pennies, especially if you pick my favorites. Speaking of penny-pinching:
Excursion: While you may find bargains on this website, especially with one of our monthly sales, this is not the place where international misers buy gems. They're welcome to read, learn and have fun, the web is free for all. To save money, take risks on ebay or try your luck on the many low-cost websites, or be patient and take your time to find a suitable gem in one of the often excellent but small inventories of hobby traders. Win an auction or bet on pre-loved jewelry. Even some precision cutters have gems for retail. You can find great almost-not-for-profit bargains on the web (any accountant can tell). We don't compete on cost. Keeping an inventory like ours is not a hobby venture but serious business even if we are a small company compared to the NSC, BlueNile or such old-world mammoths. Personal service and high quality does not come cheap. For example, buying thousands of lab reports upfront is not a service for penny-pinchers. Do the math: 2000 reports online today at, say, a low average of $100 each - that is bound capital (not to mention the gems themselves). Many gems have two reports, plus they are re-made every 5 years or so. Some cost-cutters have asked: why invest in reports? Because it's part of our all-out service commitment. Only with a lab report already done, can you be 100% sure about what you order. No surprises after the fact on this website. You won't believe how many surprises come back from the labs, even amongst pros. A 3rd party report also proves that the gem is actually in our stock, not just a photo of a gem which we will source after you have ordered it, as practised elsewhere. Furthermore, each gem is absolutely identified with a report and cannot be offered on other websites. Most importantly, however, a 3rd party report kills wishful grading, avoiding subjective opinions on colors, clarity, gem-category, and of course treatments. For those reasons, we have $200K cash bound in reports. That is more than $1k capital cost per month. All for your peace of mind. And it is only one of the many extras we offer.
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