LUSCIOUS LILAC
Some stones carry a feeling the moment you see them. This is one of those stones.
At the heart of this ring sits a 2.93 carat lilac purple spinel, soft in hue but impossible to ignore. Flanking it are two trapezoid cut diamonds in VS clarity and G-H colour, set in 950 platinum. The spinel holds a delicate pinkish cloudiness within it that shifts and moves with the light, creating a colour that is difficult to name and even harder to forget.
It is the kind of ring that does not announce itself loudly. It does not need to.
No heat. No treatment. What you see is exactly what was found.
Luscious Lilac comes with a GIA certificate and is presented in an original Orloff of Denmark ring box.
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.