8.51ctw Amethyst Matched Pair, Uruguay, Top Color, Flawless, Red Flash, Deep Purple, Blue Hue

Amethyst Note - This Material Is Nearly Mined Out. Supplies Have Notably Declined Since 2018

GEM TYPE - (2) Perfectly MATCHED PAIR, AMETHSYT (Uruguay)

COLOR - DEEP Siberian, Purple, Blue Undertone, Red and Lavender Flashes. Photo of single gem taken indoors with light ambient lighting. There is no bad lighting for this Uruguay Siberian Quality material.

CLARITY - FLAWLESS (PHOTOS MAY SHOW WHITE DUST WHEN HIGHLY MAGNIFIED)

CARAT WEIGHT (Total of both gems)- 8.51 total carat weight 

CUT - Cushion 

SHAPE - Squared Octagon

SIZE - 11.15 mm x 6.94 mm Perfect size for very high end earrings! We would love to mount them. 

LUSTER -  EXCELLENT

RARITY -  VERY, VERY RARE in this quality! Finer than Siberian.

ORIGIN -  URUGUAY

NOTES - Uruguay is perhaps the last of the high quality, amethyst mines in production and production of top color material is falling fast. Only three mines produced this high quality material a deep purple with a blue undertone and lilac and red flashes. Siberia (mined out,) 4-Peaks (In AZ. USA) but over-mined for Chinese demand decades ago, now more of a museum.

Uruguay Siberian Quality amethyst rough has drastically declined since 2018 and it may not be long before the material is also mined out. The top color material is rare and like the Siberian and 4-Peaks amethyst they now can go for thousands of dollars for a top quality gem with the traits listed previously. The red flash is a distinctive feature of high quality amethyst. 

BEWARE the many, many fakes online which primarily India has been selling. These include glass and overheated cheap amethyst material that looks oily (and is an odd dark purple color,) claiming it is Siberian, Uruguayan or 4-Peaks material. This has flooded the market with cheap inferior material worth little to nothing, though people are paying thousands of dollars for these forgeries.