SMOKING Lot of Awesome Mandarin Garnet Faceting Rough from Nigeria and/or Namibia with the most spectacular pure Orange to Reddish Orange color. This is probably the BEST lot we have up at this time and there is NO WAY you can get this caliber material FROM Nigeria in this size range at this price at the moment! These are nice chunky water worn nodules and crystals or crystal sections with a bright Mandarin Orange color. This is not FLAWLESS material but it is some of the cleanest material available.

Most of these stones should cut in the Eye-clean to 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.

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.