Spessartine Garnet

Item Description

Orange is a fairly rare hue in the gem world, and if you eliminate Garnet, there are almost no other orange gems of any real quantity. The Spessartines from Nigeria are rich in manganese content, which creates the strong orange hues, and virtually no iron content, which lends to more of the red tones in Spessartine. These wonderful stones are sometimes called "Mandarin Garnet" and are some of the most popular Garnet gems around. I'm told that the deposit was mined out almost as fast as it was discovered, and it's really hard to orange gem quality Spessartine from any other locality right now. This stone is a good quality, saturated, VVS clarity, rich orange color gemstone with "Rectangle Radiant" cut. As I mentioned, this strong color is nearly exclusive to these Garnet gems and that is why it has become so popular and in some cases very pricey. A few years ago, I saw a gem company on television selling material with the same color as this stone for $1,800 per carat! I'm not kidding, and people were buying it! Don't get burned like those people did, and snag this stone at a great price. It seems as though this material has really dried up in recent years, and very little is available on the market, so don't miss out.