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Mon, Mar 6, 2023 02:00AM EST - Fri, Mar 10, 2023 03:00PM EST
Lot 146

6.62ct Tanzanite & VS2 Diamond Platinum Necklace

Estimate: $18,000 - $25,000

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$100,000 $5,000
Featured in this lot is a 6.62 carat tanzanite and VS2 diamond platinum necklace with GGA paperwork. The necklace features a wonderfully and professionally crafted platinum necklace with a gold chain and is marked 'Oscar Friedman' hallmark with a 'PT950' mark next to the hallmark. The center stone is a pear, brilliant faceted cut tanzanite gemstone that measures 16.68 x 9.18 x 6.31mm and shows type 1 clarity and a bluish violet coloration with excellent symmetry. The total weight of the gemstone is 6.62 carats. The pristine lattice shows a total of 65 round brilliant cut diamonds with measurements of 2.0 x 1.3mm with an average clarity of VS2 - SI1 and a color gradient of F - G and a total diamond weight of 1.60 carats. Tanzanite Is a very rare precious gemstone that is only found in the Usumburu Mountains that border the Umba Valley of northern Tanzania. Originally discovered in 1967 by Tiffany & Company who named the stone Tanzanite. Tanzanite is unique due to its exceptional pleochroism (an optical phenomenon in which a stone has different colors when observed at different angles). The piece comes complete with GGA (GemAssure Gemological Appraisals, GGA Appraisal Number#: GGA063353 and trace number: NK014740) report and appraisal confirming the above information and giving a total value of $36,870.00. The measurement of this necklace from clasp to clasp is 16 1/4".*