TANDEM TIGERS
Two stones. One fire.
The Tandem Tigers are a pair of earrings built around two orange spinels from Myanmar, 1.13 and 1.01 carats respectively, matched for colour and cut with the kind of precision that takes patience. The orange is deep and warm, the kind that catches light and holds it. Each stone is set in 950 Platinum and surrounded by 36 VS1 round brilliant diamonds totalling 0.29 carats, forming a crown of white fire around each gem.
Finding one fine orange spinel is rare. Finding two that belong together is something else entirely.
No heat. No treatment. What you see is exactly what was found.
Tandem Tigers comes with a GIL certificate and is presented in an original Orloff of Denmark earring 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.