This is prehnite green, a natural gemstone sourced from India.
Mirror Princess deals with wholesalers in the Guangzhou gemstone market and gemstone wholesalers located in New Delhi, India. The gemstone producing area in India is Jaipur.
Prehnite green appears more green when the stone is large, but the current soccer ball-shaped stone is not as large as 4mm, so the green color is dull.
In the case of pink plating, it looks closer to blue than green due to the plating color of the eggshell frame.
You can see more green color in non-plated orchids.
All Indian gemstones are hand cut, not machine cut.
If you look at detailed photos of the soccer ball-shaped cut, you can see that the cut shape is not uniform and has a slightly different shape.
In the photo, the cuts may look slightly different and a little messy, but because they are small, it is actually difficult to tell them apart with the naked eye.
The quantity of gemstones produced in China is enormous and most of the gemstones are cut by machine, so the details of the gemstones are poor.
Indian gemstones are still cut by artisans using traditional methods, so production takes a long time and the cutting is much more precise.
This is because the stone is cut while checking its good parts, condition of light, and inclusions.
The gemstone factory we deal with is not a large factory, but a normal-sized factory.
Because the factory handles many types of gemstones and is rich in experience, it is a company that selects and supplies quality stones among the same gemstones.
Recently, due to covid-19, after receiving raw stones, we disinfect them and then send them to the factory for production.
