About this Product
Extremely rare deep brownish red natural Painite (.95ct, I2,Myanmar) cab accented with natural white Diamonds(.36ctw,VS,Canada) hand set in a multi stone bypass design 925 sterling silver setting. The Diamonds beautifully swirl around the extremely rare untreated Painite.
Painite is named after Arthur Charles Davy Pain, English gem collector who first recognized the mineral.
Painite forms elongated, pseudo-orthorhombic transparent deep garnet-red crystals. Pleochroism is ruby-red and pale brownish orange or pale red-orange.
Painite was recognized as the rarest gem material on Earth, however many more stones have since been found. Many hundred stones have been faceted, but facet rough material of fine quality is still rare.
In early 2006, a large deposit of painite was found in Burma. The painite crystals however were a thick maroon-brown with a significantly lower value than crystals found previously. This new deposit brought the total number of genuine painites known worldwide to 330.
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Ilex Unica Designs
Pipersville, PA
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I have been a small organic farmer here in Pennsylvania for over 40 yrs, raising sheep, poultry, honey bees, and organic fruits and veggies. I have worked & studied gemstones & jewelry design, as well as being a master chef owning my own restaurant. I was raised learning the "old ways" of making daily living items from my Grandmother using what we grew.
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I hand make all my jewelry with precious metals and natural gemstones
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