Spessartine Garnet (rich color)

Item Description

This wonderful crystal comes from the discovery several years ago in Tanzania which produced some the best and largest crystals of the finest orange Spessartine extant! The rich color points to the fact that the area was incredibly rich in manganese, as Spessartines can range in color from red (iron-rich) to orange (manganese-rich). Typically it's not as common to find such wonderful rich orange Spessartine crystals in nature. This particular piece is a notably gemmy, sharp, well-formed, textbook trapezohedral crystal with rich glowing orange color. The piece is nearly a complete "floater" as it's crystallized on all sides,. except for one point of attachment on the bottom. I do not know if more of these specimens will be coming out of the ground as I have seen very few of them on the market in the past few years. Garnet is a well known mineral, but you have to keep in mind that it's quite rare to find fine quality, large (anything over 1 cm is fairly good sized for Garnet in general) orange Spessartines from any locality in the world.