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 rich raspberry red and pink colors |
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| colors
available: |
raspberry red purplish-red pinkish-red |
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| family/species: |
garnet, pyrope-almandite |
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| properties: |
RI=1.76 (+/- 0.10) - usually SG=3.84 (+/- 0.10) - usually dispersion= 0.026 note: higher than pink tourmaline (rubellite) (0.017) 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 7mm standard and fancy checkerboard cuts and free sizes |
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| rough: |
generally available in clean
material to
cut sizes 5mm and under; bigger pieces occasionally available - please
contact us for current stock |
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| mining: |
found in tanzania, (umba, kangala, simanjiro, lindi), kenya (taita-taveta, kwale) and various other localities worldwide view photo gallery | |
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