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Malaia garnet — specimen 0480, photo © NMNHS
Malaia garnet — specimen 0480, photo © NMNHS

Malaia garnetspecimen 0480

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania
Malaia garnet — specimen 0480, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.46 ct; size: 4.44 | 4.42 | 2.98 mm; shape: octagon; colour: light red; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; design ‘Petal’ by Glenn & Martha Vargas, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

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