0.16 ct. Bi-Color Benitoite
Color: Medium Orange / Violet - Blue
Clarity: Eye Clean
Origin: San Benito Co., California
Cut: Rectangular Step
Treatments: Heat
Measurements: 3.6 x 2.4 mm
Now this is an interesting one. You may have seen us offer a few of the scarce orange examples of this species - this is a heated color which can be achieved in a small percentage of mostly colorless gems. Much more unusual is the successful heating of a stone that is a colorless/blue bi-color; resulting in an orange/blue bicolor gem. Certainly one of the rarest obtainable color varieties and looks of the entire species. Great separation and remarkable in-hand, this is one of the precious few. Wild and special.