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2019 Spring Auctions
Important Jewels and Jadeite

966
106.69 CARAT NATURAL Mozambican PARAIBA TOURMALINE AND DIAMOND PENDENT NECKLACE


Suspending an oval paraiba tourmaline weighing 106.69 carats, embellished with brilliant-cut diamonds, to a karat gold necklace intervalled with collet-set diamonds and diamond-set links, the diamonds totalling approximately 2.90 carats, mounted in 18 karat white gold. Length approximately 735mm.

GRS report numbered GRS2017-118815, 22 November 2017, stating the paraiba tourmaline is 106.69 carats, pastel greenish-blue colour, Mozambican origin;
GIA report numbered 7258436635, 3 April 2017, stating the tourmaline is 106.69 carats, greenish-blue colour, with comments stating 'this copper and manganese bearing tourmaline may be called 'paraiba tourmaline'.

PARAIBA
Discovered by Heitor Dimas Barbosa, an enthusiast miner, these neon blue tourmalines were first introduced to the world in the 1980s. They can only been found in copper rich areas such as Brazil, Nigeria and Mozambique.
Tourmalines from Mozambique have widest ranges of colours and this alluring neon blue colour is due to traces of copper and they are commonly known as Paraiba tourmalines. Its unique brilliance occurs because of the refraction of the light within the stone – the light is reflected several times, which intensifies the colour and creates the neon glow effect.

Price estimate:
HKD: 1,000,000 - 1,400,000
USD: 128,200 - 179,500

Auction Result:
HKD: --

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