MANDARIN ORANGE - SPESSARTITE

Lot: Garnet-133

   

      

     

COLOR: Intense Pure Orange, Mandarin Orange, Tangerine to Reddish Orange
CLARITY: Will cut eye-clean to very slightly included stones for the most part (90% High Facet Grade)
ORIGIN: Namibia-Nigeria
SIZE: Stones range in size from Approximately .82 to 2.73 Carats (1.62+ Carat Average)
WEIGHT: 66.66 Carats (41 Pieces) 13.332 Grams
PRICE: $66.66 ($1.00 Per Carat / $5.00 Per Gram)
DESCRIPTION:

Lot of Mandarin Garnet Faceting Rough from Nigeria and/or Namibia with the most spectacular pure Orange to Reddish Orange color. These are nice chunky water worn nodules and crystals or crystal sections with a bright Mandarin Orange color. This is unfortunately not large material; however, it does contain the cleanest material we have been able to get a hold of as of thus far at a reasonable price.

Most of these stones should cut in the Eye-clean to very very slightly included range with a little hard work. This is some great material that we are offering at a discounted price. Our price on this is better than most Nigerians and we are confident that this will make any experienced Mandarin Garnet connoisseur VERYYYYY happy.

COOL FACTS:
  1. Nigerian and Namibian Mandarin Garnet deposits are fast being depleted with most of the earlier larger material gone already. Initial finds were alluvial in nature and as those sources are depleted more work will be required to unearth these treasures at the primary deposits. This in the end will boil down to higher prices and sporadic production.