2.205 Cts of Green Aventurine in a oval-cab Cut

10.28 x 8.12mm, Silvery Green Aventurine oval-cab

Pale silvery green Color with a hint of Rust. Will make a ring stone.

• Dealer Offering Item for Sale: New Directions - Gems

   

  Aventurine: Is a form of quartz, characterised by its translucency and the presence of platy mineral inclusions that give a shimmering or glistening effect termed aventurescence. Aventurine is a translucent to opaque variety of microcrystalline quartz. It contains small inclusions of shiny minerals which give the stone a sparkling effect known as aventurescence. Inclusions of mica will give a silverish sheen, while inclusions of hematite give a reddish or grayish sparkle. Aventurine ranges in color from green, peach, brown, blue and a creamy green. Besides its uses in jewelry, aventurine is also used for ornamental purposes like vases, bowls, and figurines.

• Aventurine is found in India, Chile, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Austria, and Tanzania. It is a 6.5 on the Mohs scale of hardness. This mineral is often mistaken for amazonite or jade.
• Aventurine It is interesting that the name for the stone is derived from an accident. Sometime during the 18th century, Venetian glass workers were preparing molten glass when copper filings accidentally fell into the batch producing a glass with sparkles. The name aventurine comes from the Italian "a ventura," which means"by chance".
• Aventurine Specifications:
  • Gem Species: QUARTZ
  • Hardness: 7 -
  • Density:
  • RI: 1.549 -
• Size: 10.28 (L) X 8.12 (W) mm
• Cut: oval-cab
• Calibrated Gemstone: No.
• Carat Weight: 2.205 Carats TCW
• Overall Grade: Cab AA
• Clarity Description: N/A - Nothing has been defined or Clarity not able to define.
• Clarity Breakdown: Cabochon Opaque material - Has excellent clarity, whether it be of a uniform opaquity, or crystalline in nature.
• Cutting Breakdown: Cabochon Cuts: Has a expertly and uniformly cut and will set well.
• Carat Breakdown: Average in Carat Weight for this size stone (+/- 5%).
• Photo Clarity Breakdown: Color is Excellent, Image is Sharp, & Background is True.
• Photo Taken with Flash.
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• Pricing based on single gemstone.
• Photo shows flash from the camera.
• Photo shows a flash ring on the cabochon caused by the flash of the camera.

• Aventurine Facts, Information and Description

  - Aventurine is the Star Sign for Libra and the Planetary stone of Taurus.

  - Aventurine is a translucent to opaque variety of microcrystalline quartz. It contains small inclusions of shiny minerals which give the stone a sparkling effect known as aventurescence. Inclusions of mica will give a silverish sheen, while inclusions of hematite give a reddish or grayish sparkle.

  - Aventurine ranges in color from green, peach, brown, blue and a creamy green. Besides its uses in jewelry, aventurine is also used for ornamental purposes like vases, bowls, and figurines.

  - Aventurine is found in India, Chile, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Austria, and Tanzania. It is a 6.5 on the Mohs scale of hardness. This mineral is often mistaken for amazonite or jade.

  - It is interesting that the name for the stone is derived from an accident. Sometime during the 18th century, Venetian glass workers were preparing molten glass when copper filings accidentally fell into the batch producing a glass with sparkles. The name aventurine comes from the Italian "a ventura," which means"by chance".

  - Deposits are found in Brazil, India, Austria, Russia, and Tanzania.

• We grade each gemstone for Color, Clarity, cut, and Carat weight. We try to define / analysis each gemstone and photo taken (all photo are of the gemstone itself not a general stone photo) to help you make a better decision.
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