SPESSARTITE GARNET 2.93CTS [S2156]

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Starting Bid (USD)	199.00
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Starts	December 1, 2008 8:05 PM
Ends	December 2, 2008 8:00 PM	Basic Shipping Information
Auction Category	Garnet Gemstones > Spessartite	Shipping Cost	3.00 paid by buyer
Auction ID	51501	Shipping Insurance (optional)	8.98
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Description

SPESSARITE GARNET

Well cut clean stone ready for setting.

Mined in madagscar

treatments none

Grading vs

Weight 2.93cts

Size 8.5x7.2 x5.1 mm

Mohs scale 7 to 7.5

By the term 'garnet', the specialist understands a group of more than ten different gemstones of similar chemical composition. It is true to say that red is the colour most often encountered, but the garnet also exists in various shades of green, a tender to intense yellow, a fiery orange and some fine earth-coloured nuances.

The specialist world was amazed a few years ago by the fantastic find of a type of garnet which had been very scarce until then. At the Kunene River, on the border between Namibia and Angola, a deposit of radiant orange to red 'spessartites' was discovered. The spessartite was originally named after the site of a find made in Germany.