Awesome Lot of Top Top Vibrant Cherry Red to Ruby Red Nigerian Malaya Garnet Facet Rough. This is 95%+ Top quality material with almost every stone capable of producing eye-clean or better. The material overall is a perfect color and not excessively dark like larger material from the area. These pieces are some of the best colored we have gotten a hold of as of thus far. This lot was sent to us as a sample for reviewing and we are just moving it out the door to the lucky one who picks it up. The lot is priced to sell so don't miss out.

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.