• Color: Medium Dark Slightly Yellowish-Green

• Clarity: Eye Clean to Slightly Included

• Origin: Jepara Meteorite, Indonesia

• Cut: Oval Portuguese

• Treatments: None

• Measurements: 5.2 × 3.9 mm

Having established the rarity of faceted pallasite Olivine, let us talk about the Jepara meteorite and its special qualities.  Found in 2008 as a single, 500 kg piece, this pallasite had some of the best preserved Olivine crystals ever found - capable of producing gems that were much larger than the norm - in some cases upwards of 2 carats.  What is even more, a very few Jepara stones have a strange and fascinating feature - a series of small acicular inclusions that are capable of an exceptional iridescent flash.  The percentage of these that have enough needles - and in the correct orientation - is infinitesimal.  Take a look at the photos and you can simply cannot help but be impressed - this example shows the best display when viewed through the pavilion.  It is a very dramatic, and quite celestial, phenomenon.  At the risk of being overly dramatic, it is somewhat reminiscent of time-lapse star trail photography.

Simply an outstanding piece with one of the very rarest phenomena observable in a gem material.  The stone is otherwise flawless and is nicely cut and bright.  A GIT lab cert stating the gem is pallasite Olivine accompanies the piece.  A special stone.

$1450 total