Zircon (excellent color)

Item Description

Zircon is a diverse gem, which occurs in a wide range of colors. The durability of the stone combined with good sized gems makes them very popular in jewelry. Additionally, they display strong dispersion, which is a characteristic of gems to break white light into its spectral colors, creating dazzling reflections inside the stone. This is a stunning and superb faceted pink Zircon gem from Tanzania. Pink stones are fairly hard to find on the market, and this gem has a wonderful deep rose hue (with a slight orange overtone), rarely seen in Zircon from any world locality. These fairly new Tanzanian stones can range from a light champagne color to a peach / orange hue. The stone has an deep coppery-orange hue, which is not commonly seen in the Tanzanian material. The clarity is excellent as well as you don't see many Zircons this size with this kind of color that are "clean" like this one. This stone has a wonderful "Asscher" cut, and you can see the classic birefringence that Zircon displays in the photo. It's important to note that Zircon is sometimes confused with Cubic Zirconia, which is a lab-grown Diamond simulant, whereas Zircon is a completely natural silicate mineral. This stone would make for a great center stone in a ring or a pendant, and will look fabulous in white gold! Valued $487.50 high retail.