We are glad to be the first to introduce this wonderful new Mandarin Garnet from none other than Afghanistan! This material closely resembles Namibian Spessartite Garnet; however, many of the stones have a VERY subtle Peach overtone like we have not seen before. Many of these are the most Pure Orange stones we have acquired with some of the material being a Tangerine color. This lot overall is running roughly 40%+ Medium to High Facet Grade with many stones capable of cutting Eye-Clean to Very Slightly Included with a little hard work. The remainder of the lot is mostly cabbing grade; however, you may be able to cob out additional facet rough.

Since all Afghan finds are from Primary Deposits many if not most of these stones show Crystal faces or natural etching with many showing high external luster. Our price on this is better than most Nigerian and Namibian dealers for like quality material and we are confident that this will make any experienced Mandarin Garnet connoisseur VERYYYYY happy.

1. Afghanistan & Pakistan are said to house most of the next centuries new finds of stones and we are constantly seeing new stones being discovered. We are trying our best to stay at the forefront of the New Finds but it is becoming extremely difficult with the locals catching on quick. This material floored us the first time we saw it and we are confident it will do the same for you. The color on some of the Mandarin Garnet coming from Afghanistan is just mind blowing and reminiscent of the old Namibian finds! Please note that this is NOT a large find and since this material is coming from a primary deposit at extremely high altitude there is considerably higher expenditures involved in unearthing this material! Don't miss your opportunity to procure some of this material before the mine turns to the same as the Namibian....dry!

2. GIA article on this material available HERE!