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Malaia garnet — specimen 0231, photo © NMNHS
Malaia garnet — specimen 0231, photo © NMNHS

Malaia garnetspecimen 0231

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania
Malaia garnet — specimen 0231, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.19 ct; size: 3.53 | 3.50 | 2.06 mm; shape: round; colour: light reddish orange; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; good brilliant style cut.

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More information from ‘Classification’


A variety of garnet from the pyrope-spessartine series with mixed composition.