I couldn't stop reading, like a novel that catches you!
The swirl was particularly fascinating to me.
I have a small conch pearl with a similar phenomenon. It shows at both ends. It has the most pronounced structure of any I've owned.
Here's another one. It is pretty close to red, in reality the color is somewhere between the two photos.
Every padparadsha sapphire dreams of being this color.
Hello, I'm new here but have been collecting all manner of natural and beautiful gems for nearly 20 years. This thread caught my eye. Tell me if you think this conch pearl would be considered red?