2/12/2024 0 Comments Light purple pink gems![]() ![]() The most grayish tones come from Sri Lanka and Burma, which is why I don’t favor those origins. Lavenders come from Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Burma, Vietnam, Afghanistan. There are no lavenders in Mahenge, Tanzania but there are some in Tunduru, Tanzania. Not all locations produce spinels in the purple range, but many do. The eye also loves some saturation, hence the strongest and least gray lavender is what we love most, where the direction of lavender – pink or purple – seems to be more of a matter of personal taste. Purest colors are preferred by most eyes, and this goes for lavender as well. The lavender spectrum in spinel ranges all the way from fully gray with a slightly purplish tint to a very faint purple or lavender or pink that barely has any color at all, and everything in between, including deep purples and blues.Īnd what is the most valuable lavender color? The one with the least amount of gray, of course. ![]() This last question is particularly important when grading and valuing spinel, most of which has a grayish tint and is most valuable when there is less of that. In many ways lavender is a subjective color: how purple can a lavender gem be? How light, how blue, how pink? Also, how much gray can it have before it becomes gray with a purplish tint? Lavender tones can range from a more blueish to a more pinkish tone, some of which I call another unofficial name: lilac. “Lavender” is not a color recognized by gemstone labs, which will use terms like “light purplish pink or light pinkish purple” instead. And for me, the discussion should start with the underdog: spinel. Obviously, this means we now have to talk about lavender gems: sapphire, spinel, and, if you like, amethyst, Tanzanite. So I announced lavender as one of the colors of 2021, thus trumping (or dumping) the official color of “butter yellow”, as much as I like butter. Oval Vietnamese Lavender Spinel Surrounded by Afghanistan Lavender Spinel
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