GRADING REPORT RHE313
- Identification: Natural Unheated & Untreated Beryl
- Carat: 3.13
- Shape: Round Brilliant
- Measures: 9.20-9.41x7.18 (millimeter)
- Color Grade: Very Good
- Tone: LM40
- Color Zoning: None
- Clarity: Free of Inclusions
- Cutting Grade: Excellent (though not precision cut, see below)
- Brilliancy: 95+%
- Depth: 76%
- Origin: Zimbabwe
- Treatment: None
Certificate No: IGI 208628614
Overall Grade: Very Good+
Comment: A shade brighter than PHE342 and with more green, pushing the gem closer to lime yellow (the little ones which make the best Margaritas). Another, even better, 'almost-perfect' Portuguese brilliant hand-cut with more than 150 facets. Born and crafted to sparkle. See additional front image where all brilliancy is captured, while killing most of the color for the camera. Totally undervalued type of beryl that will surely see more fame over the years to come. Big, clean, untreated, durable and glitzy. Great choice for a daring cocktail ring.
Excursion on fine traditional hand cutting: One needs a lens to distinguish a fine handcut from a perfect precision cut. The latter comes with exactly meeting edges, tightly ordered facets, 100% accurate angles, etc etc. all with zero human error, less with any ugly gem faux-pas. A perfect handcut, like this one here, does also NOT commit any visible ugly offenses, no crude asymmetries, no fish-eye windows, no off-center culets or bad polishing etc. but under the lens you catch these little human defects that reveal the cutter's lack of design software and precision hard-ware. An experienced cutter with traditional quality tools and (most importantly) fine rough material can give a gem almost as much beauty as a precision cutter but the last fine detail is beyond his reach. Does it matter, you may ask? Yes, if you love perfection and want only the best. No, if you don't want to pay the precision-cut-premium, won't use the lens anyways, and 'only' want the prettiest gem for your money.
