GRADING REPORT IMTO824
- Identification: Natural Unheated & Untreated Imperial Topaz
- Carat: 8.24
- Shape: Emerald
- Measures: 16.95x8.38x5.78 (millimeter)
- Color Grade: Excellent+
- Tone: Medium 50
- Color Zoning: None
- Clarity: Free of Inclusions
- Cutting Grade: Excellent (precision cut)
> Brilliancy: 90%
> Depth: 69%
- Origin: Ouro Prêto, Brazil
- Treatment: None
Certificate No: AIG G89420376BE (see 'more images')
Overall Grade: Excellent+
Comment: Most chased-after perfect golden imperial topaz from the precious rough mined only in Ouro Prêto (a charming area to visit even if you are not a mining enthusiast, full of early Portuguese colonial history). No other source in the world produces comparable untreated type of topaz. This eight carats gem, utterly clean, even under the lens, precisely cut maximizing the face-up to 16x8 without window and a maximum 'glow-back' of this imperial-topaz-only color. AIG report with 'fine color' addition. Too big for a ring, a pendant is the obvious design target, yet a bracelet would offer the most exciting options, as always, including the most exciting price-tag (single hand-made bracelets are often the most expensive way to present a gem at least if you choose solid gold for the band). Imagine the rectangular golden glow where one would expect the dial of a lady's watch. This could even be done with a normal watches' leather band, completing the illusion, and keeping the cost at bay. Enjoy the variety of colors from different viewing angles, the concentration of hue in the edges or the golden sheen in the low-light image below. Simply fantastic. At $2k/ct not cheap in this size but well within normal market-range especially for a gem with our rare '+' behind the 'excellent'.
Follow the link below to youtube: Eight carat finest Imperial topaz in our first 3D animation. This is a digital construction based on photos. The colors are not yet perfect (lacking the dash of yellow visible in the handshots) but we're working on it.
(left: night-image)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NlW1Jy5rXQ&feature=youtu.be
