10.59 ct Blue Aquamarine - Pear

At 10.59 carats, this aquamarine from Brazil carries its blue color through a pear cut, measuring 17.5 x 13.1 x 9.7 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.

A single natural gemstone with no duplicate behind it; once it is set or collected, there is no other. It will outlast everyone who owns it, which is most of what an heirloom really is. Hand-selected and filmed by Caveman Gems in good light, shown as honestly as a screen allows.