Description

This is a pair of red oval Burma spinels, each is approx. 6x5 mm, and the tcw for the pair is 1.25 cts. Untreated, of course.

These were purchased/sourced by Yvonne Raley. She was planning to have them recut, but I convinced her to sell them to me at a low price bc the color is gorgeous!!! The problem with the gems is that they both show some windowing (although I think this may close up at least somewhat during setting; and also one gem has a chip along the side. They could probably be prong set as is and look very nice as a pair of oval studs; but a recut would probably make them look amazing!! That was my plan for them, but now it looks like I'm probably picking up another pair of red spinels that are rounds, which I prefer, so I'm looking to move these.

I'm asking what I paid, which is actually a pretty good price IMO. The reason to buy these, even with the cutting/imperfections? The COLOR!! It's this beautiful open red that Yvonne said took her a couple of years to find a parcel of. It can be very hard to find red spinel of this color at an affordable price - much less a pair. That's why I went for these even with the issues.

Some of the pics show the color very well, but one pic shows the gems "at their worst". This listing is ONLY for the pair of the two ovals. (I do have a cushion cut from the same parcel that I can include for $50 if buyer likes; it is shown in a couple of the pics but is not included in the asking price of this listing).

I prefer all sales to be final as I'm trying to sell off some pieces to fund my next gem buy, so please ask questions before buying. I can also send more pics upon request.

Shipping on this one will be within the U.S. only, shipping price included in asking price. Please contact me with any questions, and thanks for looking!