Natural Pink Fluorite
The Rosemary
Fluorite is calcium fluoride, soft and perfectly cleavable, and only rarely found in a clean pink. The colour comes from trace chemistry and lattice defects rather than from treatment, and it survives the cutting wheel only when the rough is free of the cleavage planes that run through most material.
The Rosemary is a 502.30 ct cushion, cut in a combined brilliant and step pattern, and documented in an independent laboratory report as natural fluorite of pink colour with no detected treatments.
Rarity Score: 9.1 / 10
Reference stones
- Pink Fluorite · Susan Drumm Collection · 673.14 ct
- Pink Fluorite · Australian Museum · 437.40 ct
Location: Stockholm · Private collection · JDBG GEMS
A matter of scale
At 502.30 ct and 49 mm across, The Rosemary is far above the size at which clean pink fluorite is normally faceted, and the colour stays even across the whole table.
Fragility
At Mohs 4 with perfect octahedral cleavage, fluorite is among the most delicate faceted gems. Handled with gloves, never ultrasonically cleaned.
Provenance
Acquired as a single loose stone with laboratory documentation; chain of custody is recorded from the cutting workshop to the Institute.
Documentation
Report, photographic record and acquisition history are held on file and shared in full with serious enquirers.