Saturated Green Vanadium Kornerupine Cab - Round High Dome - 1.03 ct.

Gem: Vanadium Kornerupine Weight 1.03 ct. Dimensions: 5.95 mm Clarity:  VS / SI area - pics look SI, but looks VS in-hand Origin: Umba Valley, Tanzania Treatments: None, Natural gem Comments: This is sure to be the cleanest, greenest one carat kornerupine cabochon gem around right now, other than in a private collection.  Material this clean would FOR SURE be faceted on average.  I decided I wanted to have a very few very high end kornerupine cabochons - so I turned some of my cleanest, greenest material into glorious, saturated, citrus tinted drops of gem dew.  A big thank you to the vanadium impurities putting in overtime, making this gem so green, and another shout out to the crystal structure of kornerupine for being durable enough to not explode with all of those extra vanadium atoms stuffed in where they don't belong. Kornerupine is rare, and amazing material, and finding it clean is not an easy thing to do.  Either by it's nature, or by it's method of extraction, there are just