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 a fine palette of rare, natural colors |
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| colors available | |
white pale-yellow yellow orange/orange-red (see orange grossular) brown-orange blue-green (see mint grossular) green (see tsavorite) |
| family/species: |
garnet, grossularite |
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| properties: |
RI=1.735 (-0.035, +0.015) SR SG=3.61 (-0.27, +0.12) dispersion=0.028 hardness=7 note: suitable for use in jewelry |
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| treatments: |
none |
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| important
information |
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100% natural garnet which has
no known treatments or
enhancements rare - in all sizes and colors (except orange grossular which is plentiful in smaller sizes below 4mm) |
| cuts: |
calibrated up to 5mm all standard cuts and free sizes |
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| rough: |
generally available in clean
material to
cut sizes 3mm and under; bigger pieces occasionally available - please
contact us for current stock |
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| mining: |
found in tanzania (lelatema mountains, umba valley, merelani, tunduru) and kenya (taita-taveta) view photo gallery | |
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