0.93 ct Blue Aquamarine - Oval

At 0.93 carats, this aquamarine from Brazil carries its blue color through an oval cut, measuring 7.3 x 5.7 mm.

Aquamarine is the blue beryl, colored by iron, and grows in larger clean crystals than its cousin emerald, which is why it cuts so bright. 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 heat-treated, a common and honest preparation across the colored-stone trade, disclosed on every listing.

Its exact combination of color, cut, and origin is its own, the kind of center stone you choose on purpose and build a piece around. Hand-selected and photographed by Caveman Gems in good light, shown as honestly as a screen allows.