NEW FIND of Demantoid Garnet from Kerman, Iran. The pictures don't really do this material justice. Approximately 10%+ of this material is facet grade and a lovely Chrome Green in color. Many stones in the lot have included cores and extremely clean exteriors and can be cobbed to produce some top quality facet rough. There is a very limited amount of this coming from Iran and we are glad to be one of the select few dealers carrying this material. Many of the stones in here are crystals or partial crystals and crystal sections and would be great for mineral collectors as well. There is also some really cool color banding in some stones that may be oriented to produce bicolored or banded finished stones. I think this lot is worth picking up just for the small amount of Facet Rough in it. The material really is MUCH better than the pictures show and you have to look at this stuff in person to fully appreciate its beauty.

1. There have been two notable finds of Demantoid coming from South Asia. Khost, Afghanistan has produced some spectacular Demantoid Crystals with super luster that were high facet grade; however, the color was more of a neon and Lime Green than the preferred Chrome Green. Iran has also produced Demantoid but of a more beautiful Chrome Green. Generally speaking, most of the Irani material gets excessively dark in the larger sizes and we suggest staying under 2 carats for ideal cut stones.