A Russian demantoid of 1.870 carats — approaching the two-carat mark, a substantial size for this material — cut as a round in the Russian style. The color is a warm olive green with golden tones at the center. Its interior is remarkable: dense byssolite fibers radiate outward from a bright golden core across the entire stone, an unusually large and fully developed horsetail that reads as a starburst rather than a single spray. That byssolite is the definitive marker of Uralian origin. A demantoid of real weight and warmth, with a horsetail that dominates the stone in the best way.
