2.26 Carat Green-Yellow Sphene!

Sphene will captivate you from the moment you first set eyes on it. When I first came across it I was utterly mesmerized - it caught my eye and kept it! Sphene's dispersion is .051 (more than a diamond's .044)! And its refractive index is sky-high at 1.843-2.11, so it glitters more than most stones! It's also trichroic, showing 3 colors at different angles; this one throws yellow and red and green, as seen in the pictures. It is SI clarity, untreated, unheated and unenhanced in any way. It measures 9.5 X 6.3 X 4.7 mm for 2.26 carats. To see it in motion, please check the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJhlKvaE01Y Sphene is a softer stone than many precious gemstones - a 5-5.5 on the Mohs hardness scale, so you do need to treat it gently.