is this too good to be true

[babydoll_mini]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WONDERFUL-6-88-CT-OVAL-CUT-VVS-TOP-HOT-PINK-AFRICAN-SPINEL-RARE-/170837073228?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c6aedd4c

I'm just randomly browsing on eBay and I saw this. Huge size, great color, great cut, and too good clarity...and as I post, bidding price is less then 100 dollar...
Does it ring the "synthetic" bell for you?

 

[davi_el_mejor]

There are soooo many alarm bells ringing on that listing

 

[chrono]

I suspect major photoshopping especially if you look at the profile view. Add to the fact that it is flawless, well....it is likely to be synthetic, probably even the new-ish flux fusion synthetic spinel which is impossible to ID using the usual RI and SG methods.

 

[ChrisA222]

Yeah I would steer clear. Look at some of the completed transactions...a nice darker 2.5ct Tanzanite for $20? A 2.67 Mandarin Spess for .99? There is something very wrong going on there....

 

[ChrisA222]

Oh, and I missed the identical pink spinel, but in a 6.88ct round, which sold for $1.29. LOL!!!

 

[chrono]

Geez, I think we've missed the deals of the century!

 

[Barrett]

3.50ct for $1.29...wow

 

[Kim Bruun]

Winning bid: $ 392.97. A steal if the stone indeed were as described... And waaay too much for a synthetic spinel.

 

[movie zombie]

if it was as described it would not be listed on ebay..........

 

[chrono]

if it was as described it would not be listed on ebay..........

A great way to describe the stone.