• Stone: Rodholite Garnet

• Origin: Tanzania (Mahenge)

• Clarity: Clean

• Treatment: None

• Color: Purple

Details:

Mineral Class: Silicate

General Chemical Formula: X3Y2(SiO4)3

• X = Ca, Mg, Fe2+, or Mn2+

• Y = Al, Fe3+, or Cr

Crystal System: Cubic (Isometric)

Hardness (Mohs): 6.5 – 7.5

Specific Gravity: 3.5 – 4.3 (varies by type)

Refractive Index: 1.72 – 1.94

Birefringence: None (isotropic)

Luster: Vitreous to resinous

Transparency: Transparent to opaque

Pleochroism: None

Typical Treatments: Usually untreated

Colors Available: Red, Green, Orange, Yellow, Brown, Pink, Purple, Black (rarely Blue)

Common Varieties:

• Pyrope: Deep red

• Almandine: Dark red to brownish-red

• Spessartite: Orange to reddish-orange

• Grossular: Green to yellow

• Tsavorite: Vivid green

• Rhodolite: Purplish-red

• Andradite (Demantoid): Green with high brilliance

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Clarity Scale

- IF (Internally Flawless): Eye-clean and flawless under 10x magnification

- VVS (Very Very Slight Inclusions): Eye-clean with minor inclusions under 10x magnification

- VS (Very Slight Inclusions): Slight inclusions visible to the naked eye

- SI (Slightly Included): More noticeable inclusions visible to the naked eye

- I (Included): Inclusions clearly visible to the naked eye