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 unique source in east africa
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| colors
available: |
mint green light green |
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| family/species: |
garnet, green grossularite |
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| properties: |
RI=1.735 (+0.015,-0.035) 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 - usually found accompanying tanzanite in the merelani mines |
| 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 (merelani) and southeastern kenya view photo gallery | |
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