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 exceptionally vivid red colors |
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| colors
available: |
red orange-red |
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| family/species: |
garnet, pyrope and pyrope-almandine note: pure pyrope is colorless and does not exist in nature; almost all pyrope available in the market has an almandine component in it amd is colored by the trace element chromiuim |
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| properties: |
RI=1.746 (-0.026, +0.010) SG=3.78 dispersion= 0.027 hardness=7 - 7.5 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; |
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| cuts: |
calibrated up to 10mm standard and fancy checkerboard cuts |
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| rough: |
generally available in clean
material to
cut sizes 6mm and under; bigger pieces occasionally available - please
contact us for current stock |
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| mining: |
found in tanzania (lindi district)
and kenya view photo
gallery |
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