NEPTUNIAN MOONLIGHT
Some stones take a lifetime to find. This is one of them.
At the heart of this ring sits a 5.10 carat blue spinel from Madagascar, set in 950 platinum with 102 VS1 brilliant diamonds running from the base of the band all the way up around the gallery. The color is a deep, commanding blue. The brilliance is something else entirely.
Inside the stone, tubular inclusions connect to a solid crystal. Under light they become a window into something geological and ancient. A reminder that this stone formed naturally, without interference, and without treatment of any kind.
This stone comes with a 15-page LOTUS Gemology AU NATUREL Gold Certified Hardcover book.
There is only one.
ONE OF A KIND.
ORLOFF OF DENMARK.
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About Spinel
Spinel is one of the most underappreciated gemstones in the world, and among collectors, that is precisely what makes it so desirable.
For centuries, the finest red spinels were mistaken for rubies. The Black Prince's Ruby, one of the most famous gemstones in the British Crown Jewels, is in fact a spinel. It was only in the late 18th century that science caught up with what the stone actually was.
Spinel forms in a wide range of colours, from intense reds and vivid pinks to deep blues, grays and violets. It occurs naturally without the heat treatment that is standard practice for sapphires and rubies, meaning a no-heat spinel is genuinely rare and genuinely natural. What you see in the stone is what the earth made.
The finest specimens come from Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam. Mahenge spinels from Tanzania are particularly prized for their intense neon pink, while Ceylon spinels from Sri Lanka are known for their soft, complex violets and blues.
For those who know gemstones, spinel needs no introduction. For those who are discovering it for the first time, consider the ones we offer.