Super lot of Mandarin Garnet Crystals from Nigeria and/or Namibia with the most spectacular pure Mandarin Orange color. These are nice chunky crystals that show at least partial termination with most having the top portion fully terminated. All of these stones have some inclusions with the bulk being moderately to heavily included. These inclusions are typical for this Garnet species and it is extremely rare to find clean Mandarin Garnets in this size. We plucked these out of a lot of rough we received as we don't get too many well formed Spessartite Crystals and thought this would be great for the collector. Though we personally wouldn't recommend cutting these, most finished stones will be slightly included to moderately included at best and should cut in the 1.5+ carat range if cut for yield. There are a few cleaner stones in here that will cut very slightly included or better with a little hard work; however, there will probably be above average weight loss. 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.