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Malaia garnet — specimen 0399, photo © NMNHS
Malaia garnet — specimen 0399, photo © NMNHS

Malaia garnet — specimen 0399

Origin

East Africa
Tanzania
Malaia garnet — specimen 0399, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.20 ct; size: 3.51 | 3.47 | 2.21 mm; shape: round; colour: medium light strongly purplish red; slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: good; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; good brilliant style cut. Source: David Weinberg, Multicolour Gems Ltd.

Other specimens
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Malaia garnet

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


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