Spessartite Garnet, Umbalite Garnet
And the Garnets from Tanzania roll on...
05/08/09 21:45 Filed in: Latest Cut
Gems
Two more garnets from my recent trip to Tanzania.
This first one is a large spessartite. These
stones from Tanzania are never totally clean,
they all have some small "sugar" type
inclusions that really show up much more in
photos that in person. This one has a few
larger inclusions too that are eye visible,
and it's priced accordingly. I think you will
be shocked when you see how low the price is
for a stone that is over 6 cts.
This next garnet was kind of an odd find. One of the miners brought in a very small parcel of these, none of them very large, but the color was quite odd. They are a much lighter pink, with a color shift going to a light purple color. This is the first of them that I have cut. It's 1.82 cts.
This next garnet was kind of an odd find. One of the miners brought in a very small parcel of these, none of them very large, but the color was quite odd. They are a much lighter pink, with a color shift going to a light purple color. This is the first of them that I have cut. It's 1.82 cts.
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