1.31 ct Violet Iolite - Oval

At 1.31 carats, this iolite from Brazil carries its violet color through an oval cut, measuring 8.4 x 6.4 mm.

Iolite shifts from violet-blue to near-colorless as you turn it, a pleochroism so strong that Viking navigators are said to have used it to find the sun. Brazil has been one of the most prolific colored-gemstone sources in the world for a century, and still turns up new material on a regular basis. It is wholly untreated, its color finished by geology rather than by any furnace or enhancement.

This is a real, natural iolite you can wear without a second thought, the genuine article at an easy size. Hand-selected and filmed by Caveman Gems in good light, shown as honestly as a screen allows.