BREATHTAKING WORLD CLASS BIG 17.50 CARAT VVS BICOLOUR ANAHI AMETRINE (GOLD WITH PURPLE BLUSHES)
GEM TYPE: NATURAL AMETRINE
CARAT WEIGHT: 17.50 CARATS
CLARITY: VVS
COLOUR: GOLD WITH PURPLE BLUSHES
DIMENSIONS: 17.00 x 14.60 x 11.00mm
CUT: CLASSIC OVAL
ORIGIN: ANAHI MINE, BOLIVIA
TREATMENTS: NONE
The highest peaks of the Andes Mountains tower majestically over Bolivia. At over a million square kilometres, an area twice the size of Texas, this country occupies a fairly large share of central South America. The Andean mountain chain, known as the Cordilleras, lie in the eastern third of the country, and the majority of Bolivia’s ten million people live here, as they have since pre-Columbian times. Even after the Spanish conquistadores laid claim to this rich and beautiful land in the early 1500s, the Andes remained the country’s lifeblood.
From HPJ comes this very beautiful bicolour Ametrine earth mined at the Anahi Mine in Bolivia. The classic oval cut has been superbly applied, giving the Ametrine a great deal of eye appeal and tons of fire and sparkle! Visually breathtaking and a super size 17.50 Carats make this the ideal size for a uniquely beautiful pendant.
The only known source in the world for gem quality Ametrine is the Anahi Mine in the La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Province, Bolivia.
The Ametrine crystals from this mine are unique.
Bolivia’s colonial era is a good time to introduce the legend of Anahí, which touches upon the gem Ametrine. The Spanish conquistadores were likely sending teams of explorers throughout the Andes starting in the 1500s, and their journeys led them down the high valleys into the lowlands and eventually the Amazon basin. Their charge was to discover as much gold and silver as possible for the homeland. One such explorer is said to have encountered a native Ayoreo tribe along the Pantanál region and, in a Pocahontas-like story, fallen in love with Anahí, an Ayoreo princess. As a token of her admiration for the conquistador, she presented him with a bicoloured gem, one the Spaniards had never seen before. The rare stone was found near the village, in a mine that bears her name today.
