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Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0621, photo © NMNHS
Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0621, photo © NMNHS

Pyrope-almandine seriesspecimen 0621

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania, Arusha, Namanga
Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0621, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.94 ct; size: 5.20 | 5.15 | 3.72 mm; shape: octagon; colour: medium dark slightly purplish red; strong; clarity: eye clean; cut: excellent; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; excellent mixed style cut. Source: Jeffery Davies, Jeffery Davies Fine Jewelry & Gemstones.

Other specimens
Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0141Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0125Pyrope-almandine series — specimen 0005

More information from ‘Classification’


Intermediate in composition between pyrope and almandine; includes the so-called rhodolite.