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Item : Mandarin Garnet
Size:  8x6mm
Quantity:  1 Piece
Weight: 1.56 ct
Shape:  Oval
Color:  Orange Red
Clarity:  VSI
Origin:  Nigeria
Hardness:  7.0-7.5
Specific Gravity:  4.15-4.18
Refractive Index:  1.81-1.91
Chemical Composition:  Mn3Al2(SiO4)3
Crystal Structure:  Isometric

Treatment - None

GARNET	January’s birthstone
Origins	India, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Russia, Sri Lanka & Tanzania
Colors Found	Various
Family	Garnet
Hardness	6.5 - 7.5
Refractive Index	1.72 - 1.94
Relative Density	3.62 - 4.30

 

Even though there are many types of Garnets (including trade and historic names there are currently 38 known Garnet names), appearing in as many colors, when you say “Garnet” most people automatically think of small dark red gemstones. In fact, Garnets offer enough variety for every taste and can consequently keep up with the fast pace of changes in fashion.

Mandarin, Tangerine & Spessartite Garnet

Mandarin and Tangerine Garnets are the intensely bright color varieties of the rare orange red Spessartite Garnet, also known as Spessartine.

Spessartite Garnet is named after its first discovery in Spessart, Bavaria in the mid 1800’s. Spessartite Garnet, once an extremely rare gem, is now enjoying a newfound popularity.

In 1991 Mandarin Garnets were discovered embedded in mica in northwest Namibia where the Kunene River borders Namibia and Angola. In 1994 new deposits were unearthed in southwest Nigeria. Soon after, Tanzania, the powerhouse of African gems, yielded deposits at the fabled gemstone mines of Arusha and Lelatema.

Although initially called “Kunene Spessartine” or “Hollandine,” the evocative names Mandarin Garnet and Tangerine Garnet were soon adopted.

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