Category: Garnet

Garnets are very interesting and complex gem, from the Very Rare varieties Tsavorite, Mandarin, Spessartine (some time referred to as Spessatite), Hessonite, Dermatoid and Marli , which are often rare in small sizes (7mm), and the more familiar red varieties Almandine, Pyrope and Rhodolite. However even among the more familiar varieties are rare in sizes of 10 – 12 mm depending on the cut.
Of course the commercial practices make truly perfect gems very rare, even among the smaller more common varities.