Mogok Rainbow Spinel Suite - Mogok, Myanmar - 3.17ct (Total)

• Gemstone: Natural Spinel
• Species / Variety: Spinel
• Color: Violet, Flame Orange, Sage Green, Steel Blue, Rose Pink & Hot Magenta
• Tone & Saturation: Medium-Light to Medium-Dark / Moderate to Vivid Saturation
• Origin: Mogok, Myanmar (Burma)
• Total Carat Weight: 3.17 ct
• Number of Stones: 6
• Average Weight: ~0.53 ct per stone
• Shape: Cushion
• Cut: Modified Brilliant
• Dimensions: Approximately 4.1 mm to 5.7 × 5.3 mm
• Clarity: VVS–VS, estimated
• Transparency: Transparent
• Optical Character: Singly refractive / isotropic
• Treatment: Represented as natural, untreated & unheated
• Hardness: Mohs 8

The defining characteristic of this suite is its remarkable chromatic range. The six stones present distinctly different hues while maintaining a common visual identity through their cushion-cut forms.

• Light Royal Violet / Lavender-Purple
• Vivid Flame Orange
• Desaturated Sage / Greyish Teal Green
• Deep Steel Blue
• Light Rose Pink / Pastel Lilac
• Vivid Hot Pink / Magenta Red

As spinel is singly refractive, the stones do not display the dichroism characteristic of many doubly refractive gemstones. This contributes to the clean, direct transmission of color for which fine spinel is appreciated.

Trace-element chemistry can influence spinel coloration, particularly chromium, iron, and cobalt in appropriate compositions. Specific chromophore attribution, however, requires laboratory chemical analysis and should not be inferred solely from visual appearance.

All six stones display strong face-up transparency and an eye-clean appearance. Minute pinpoint inclusions and subtle internal growth structures are visible under approximately 10× magnification, supporting an estimated VVS–VS clarity range across the suite.

The stones are consistently fashioned as soft-cornered cushion modified brilliants, although individual proportions vary slightly. This is characteristic of native cutting, where pavilion depth, table dimensions, and overall proportions may be adjusted to preserve rough yield while maintaining attractive face-up brilliance.

The slight dimensional variation gives the suite a natural, individually cut character rather than the uniformity of calibrated commercial material.

The stones are represented as natural, untreated, and unheated.

Spinel has a Mohs hardness of approximately 8 and good durability for jewelry use. The material is suitable for a wide range of settings, although the individual stones should still be protected from severe impact, particularly around corners and facet junctions.

For formal resale, provenance, or collector documentation, independent laboratory verification of natural status and treatment is recommended.

The suite is represented as originating from Mogok, Myanmar (Burma), one of the world's historically important sources of fine colored gemstones.

Mogok is particularly renowned for the diversity of its spinel colors, including reds, pinks, oranges, purples, blues, and other less common hues. This six-stone suite is notable for presenting several of these color families together within a single compact collection.

The locality attribution should be understood as represented provenance unless independently supported by laboratory origin determination or accompanying documentation.

This suite is best understood as a chromatic collection rather than simply a parcel of six spinels.

The individual stones range from approximately half a carat in average weight, making them versatile for jewelry applications while remaining substantial enough to display their individual colors. Their greatest distinction is the breadth of the palette: violet, orange, green, blue, pink, and magenta represented together.

The suite offers particular potential for an architectural multi-stone composition in which color itself becomes part of the structure; whether arranged as a gradient, contrasting sequence, symmetrical color study, or deliberately irregular chromatic composition.

Independent gemological laboratory verification of natural status, treatment, and origin may be arranged upon request.

Every stone offered by the House is selected for more than nominal rarity. Color, proportion, clarity, cutting, material integrity, and the way a gemstone responds to light are considered together.

At Dante Bianco, a gemstone is not simply a measure of carat weight or a line on an inventory sheet. It is a material with its own optical character, physical structure, and potential within a considered design. Each stone is chosen for the qualities that make it worthy of attention and for the possibilities it presents to the collector who recognizes them.