This vibrant flat-cut rainbow garnet from Nara, Japan is a dazzling display of nature’s rare optical artistry. The stone bursts with neon tie-dye hues, dominated by vivid flashes of magenta, purple, green, and rose that ripple across a single iridescent face. Carefully placed auxiliary facets enhance and frame the main diffraction plane, catching light at shifting angles to fully animate its color potential.

At just over 2 carats, this gem is a top-tier example of the phenomenon from the Nara locality—where material of this brightness and saturation is exceedingly scarce. A radiant collector’s piece or a bold centerpiece for a custom talisman, it’s a gem that feels alive in the hand and on the skin.