Iolite Violet Blue with flash

Type: Iolite

Origin: Babati, Babati Dist. Manyara Region, Tanzania

Weight: 1.18

Color: Violet Blue  with flash

Cut: Rectangle (Sultans Seat-85)(JJG)

Clarity: VS  

Size: 5.32 x 7.65 mm

Treatments: No Known Treatment       

Genealogy: Miner to Broker in Arusha, Tanzania

Hardness: 7

Source: Broker in Arusha, Tanzania

Comments: The stone reveals a bright internal flash. The original rough was weighed 11.52 Cts. Cutting reduced the rough by 90 % retaining 10% of the original stone (Only the best was kept). 

The original rough contained abundant fractures now cut out.

Great Color.

Photos show the small sets of microfractures (now healed) by metamorphic processes.