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 bright! orange gemstones |
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| colors
available: |
orange yellow-orange red-orange brown-orange |
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| family/species: |
garnet, grossularite |
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| properties: |
RI=1.735 (+0.015, -0.035) SG=3.61 (-0.27, +0.12) dispersion=0.028 note: slightly higher than spessartite (0.027) hardness=7 note: highly suitable for use in jewelry |
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| treatments: |
none |
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| important
information: |
100% natural with no known
treatments
or enhancements usually much less expensive than similar looking spessartite garnet |
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| cuts: |
calibrated up to 6mm standard and fancy checkerboard cuts and free size |
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| rough: |
generally available in clean
material to
cut sizes 4mm and under; bigger pieces occasionally available - please
contact us for current stock |
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| mining: |
found in southern tanzania, sri
lanka and other localities view
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