AGTA

Burgundy Tourmaline

Madagascar
Gems, 20.22 x 14.21 x 9.05 mm, 19.03 ct
Start Time: 01/31/2023 5:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/09/2023 1:30:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $610

Item Description

Madagascar is host to an astonishing variety of tourmaline! Madagascar tourmalines are especially admired for their deep, wine hues in cut stones. Tourmalines come in a range of colors due to mineral impurities within, and to how they form in complex environments: blue (often but not always due to a variety of divalent iron and sometimes copper), pink and red (due to manganese), green (chromium and vanadium) and brown (trivalent iron) - and then things get complicated from there and lead to all the mixed colors we love in wearable and collector quality gems. This is a brilliantly burgundy colored gem (all natural color!) in a cushion cut. It is lightly included which is actually a good thing here, as that indicates no heating, and a natural origin, and it is very bright and impressive in the hand. Photos cannot do justice to the rich, gorgeous color of these tourmalines. The excellent and balanced size makes this perfect as the centerpiece of any gem collection simply on its own merit, or useful for a custom jewelry setting.

Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$610 02/09/2023 1:14:42 pm (CST)
$600 02/09/2023 1:14:42 pm (CST)
$535 02/09/2023 10:34:48 am (CST)
$510 02/09/2023 10:34:48 am (CST)
$420 02/09/2023 10:34:30 am (CST)
$410 02/09/2023 10:34:30 am (CST)
$370 02/09/2023 10:34:12 am (CST)
$360 02/09/2023 10:34:12 am (CST)
$320 02/09/2023 10:33:51 am (CST)
$310 02/09/2023 10:33:51 am (CST)
$290 02/09/2023 10:33:30 am (CST)
$280 02/09/2023 10:33:30 am (CST)
$260 02/09/2023 7:24:19 am (CST)
$250 02/09/2023 7:24:19 am (CST)
$213 02/07/2023 3:06:35 pm (CST)
$203 02/07/2023 3:06:35 pm (CST)
$158 02/07/2023 2:59:35 pm (CST)
$148 02/06/2023 10:05:33 pm (CST)
$138 02/06/2023 12:04:28 pm (CST)
$131 02/06/2023 12:04:28 pm (CST)
$121 02/06/2023 9:27:36 am (CST)
$111 02/04/2023 10:33:49 am (CST)
$110 02/04/2023 10:33:49 am (CST)
$86 02/02/2023 10:40:20 pm (CST)
$76 02/02/2023 10:40:20 pm (CST)
$60 02/01/2023 4:40:40 pm (CST)
$50 * 02/01/2023 4:24:02 pm (CST)
$50 * 02/01/2023 4:24:01 pm (CST)
$25 02/01/2023 4:23:27 pm (CST)
$20 02/01/2023 4:23:27 pm (CST)
$15 02/01/2023 2:52:21 pm (CST)
$10 02/01/2023 10:45:57 am (CST)
* Proxy Bid Battle: In the event of two customers inputting matching proxy bids, the leading bid goes to the earliest of the two proxy bids. Tie winners are shown in bold.