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 the finest malaya garnet available... |
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| colors available | |
salmon-pink peach-orange pink-orange color shift from grey-brown to pink |
| family/species: |
garnet, pyrope-spessartite with
grossularite and/or pyrope-spessartite with almandine |
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| properties: |
RI=1.74-1.788 SR (usually 1.756) SG=3.75-4.05 (usually 3.85) dispersion=0.024-0.028 hardness=7-7.5 note: highly 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 imperial garnet is from one mining area in southern tanzania, discovered in late 2005 rare - especially in sizes above 1ct - only a few stones found every month most stones have small inclusions that do not detract from the overall beauty of this material some imperial garnet exhibits a color-shift effect from flourescent to incandescent light |
| cuts: |
calibrated up to 5mm all standard cuts and free sizes |
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| rough: |
generally available in facetable
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 (lindi district) view photo gallery | |
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