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HPJ REFERENCE POINT: ASTONISHINGLY RARE 6.36 CARAT VS SIBERIAN CHROME DIOPSIDE. R52,000.00
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HPJ REFERENCE POINT: 59
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142128471
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Reference Point:
From time to time, and usually on the Weekend Special Auction, HPJ will select a single gemstone that we consider to be of sufficient quality that it can truly be called ‘world class’. In every respect it will have to meet, and pass, a very strictly enforced criteria to even be considered for inclusion under our ‘Reference Point’ banner.
Reference Point: 59
MASSIVE 6.36 CARAT VS SIBERIAN CHROME DIOPSIDE.
GEM TYPE: CHROME DIOPSIDE
CARAT WEIGHT: 6.36 CARATS
CLARITY: VS (EXCELLENT FOR A CHROME DIOPSIDE
DIMENSIONS: 10.88 x 10.77 x 7.36mm
COLOUR: CHROME GREEN
CUT: RECTANGULAR/SQUARE CUT
ORIGIN: INAGLI, YAKUTIA, EASTERN SIBERIA
TREATMENTS: NONE
An enormous specimen of this stunning, and extremely rare gemstone (often called ‘The Russian Emerald). I would think that this is the largest ever to appear on BoB !
Earth mined at Inagli, Yakutia, Eastern Siberia, this remarkable specimen also has an astonishingly good clarity of VS.
In Siberia, it is too cold to mine during the winter, making an extra task of keeping production levels even throughout the year. On the MOHS scale of hardness, it is rated a 6-6.5, and is suitable for jewellery. It has two planes, so you have to be extra careful when you facet it. This is also why there is approximately 90% loss on the rough. So to cut 10 carats of polished Chrome Diopside will require 100 carats of the rough!!
Yakutia, officially the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation, is a land of extremes. To begin with, it is by far the world’s largest ‘stateoid’, or political unit below the level of a sovereign state, covering 3,103,200 square kilometers (1,198,000 square miles), as opposed to second-place Western Australia’s 2,527,621 square kilometers (975,919 square miles). More than twice the size of Alaska, Yakutia would be the world’s eighth largest country by area if it were independent.
YAKUTIA IS THE WHITE AREA ON THE MAP BELOW
In August 1991, the Supreme Soviet of Yakutia went so far as to declare the sovereignty of the region. Russia’s central government, however, would never contemplate the independence of Yakutia, as the region is far too large, and far too rich in gold, diamonds, and other precious minerals.
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