Guess the Gemstone!

[Barcelona]

Complete wild guesses...Peridot? Spinel?

 

[LD]

Date: 4/12/2009 3:33:25 PM
Author: innerkitten
A green tanzanite?

And a big Easter Egg goes to Innerkitten! Well done you!

Yes, it''s an unheated Tanzanite and is a gorgeous emerald green in some lights. I have another but it''s much more olive green and this one is just yummy. I''ve only ever seen one other this colour and it belonged to somebody on this forum - Zeolite was it you????

 

[innerkitten]

Woo hoo!

 

[RubyCharm]

Way to go, Innerkitten

 

[oldmancoyote]

Aaahhh... very interesting (and well done, innerkitten!)

Does it show more green if you look at it along the other axes? Or is it brownish/yellowish?

 

[LD]

Date: 4/12/2009 4:36:26 PM
Author: oldmancoyote
Aaahhh... very interesting (and well done, innerkitten!)

Does it show more green if you look at it along the other axes? Or is it brownish/yellowish?

No brown at all. It shows green mostly but does have strong pleochroism so there''s a lots of blue from certain angles and the bottom portion of the stone has a yellow/green undertone that only shows in electric light.

 

[BWise]

Great job!

Date: 4/12/2009 3:53:44 PM
Author: innerkitten
Woo hoo!

 

[FrekeChild]

Whoa!!!! Crazy!!!!

What a cool stone though...

 

[mochi]

.... didn't see the second page....

 

[cushioncutnut]

Yay innerkitten! You get the easter surprise. She said she is going to send you the stone in question!!!

 

[icekid]

tanzanite! very cool.

 

[marcy]

I''m here too late to guess but how fun. Very cool.

 

[zeolite]

Date: 4/12/2009 3:39:13 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds

Date: 4/12/2009 3:33:25 PM
Author: innerkitten
A green tanzanite?

And a big Easter Egg goes to Innerkitten! Well done you!

Yes, it''s an unheated Tanzanite and is a gorgeous emerald green in some lights. I have another but it''s much more olive green and this one is just yummy. I''ve only ever seen one other this colour and it belonged to somebody on this forum - Zeolite was it you????

Yes, here, at bottom of page 2:

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/name-that-stone-2.95564/page-2

 

[chrono]

A very interesting stone; one certainly doesn''t see a green tanzanite all too often.