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Vintage almandine garnet faceted gemstone, 10 mm trillion cut weighing 4.02 carats.

Garnet is a family name. The family consists of more than half a dozen species and boasts gemstones in every color except blue. Most commercially available gem garnets are some shade of red, but dark emerald green garnets have become popular as well. Lesser known colors include shades of pink (malaya), orange (spessartine, grossular) and mint green (grossular, andradite).

Garnet is the birthstone for January. Pure red garnets (the species called pyrope) were the rage in Victorian times, and are usually very small. Almandine garnets are the ones most commonly seen in modern jewelry. Although many almandines have a brownish tinge, this material comes from South Africa and is a fine dark saturated red color.The stone is eye-clean and extremely brilliant because it was custom-cut in Bangkok from rough acquired by Joel in Africa in the late 1970s. This quality of cutting is not usually found in jewlery store merchandise today.

We guarantee that this stone is untreated natural almandine garnet and dates from the 1970s. The price is for this one faceted gemstone.

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