Garnet
Garnet
Color: Medium Dark Slightly Yellowish-Gree
Clarity: Eye Clean to Slightly Included
Origin: Russia
Cut: Round Brilliant
Treatments: Probable Heat
Measurements: 6.6 mm
Just about everyone is aware of the storied 'horsetail' inclusions that are both common and very diagnostic to Russian Demantoid Garnets; they are in many ways the classic inclusion in all of gemology. While recently looking over some very fine color Demantoids (a very rich green with minimal yellow) we were greeted with almost unbelievably fine example of a horsetail. Perfctly featured under the table of the gem is a stunning horsetail swirling around its origin of a tiny chromite crystal. All of this centered beautifully under the table, yet not apparent enough to detract one degree from the brilliance of the otherwise entirely clean stone. We can't convey how difficult it is to find stones in which these are so well presented - it is an almost comet like appearance within the stone.
You have the added benefit of fine Russian cutting - a precision round brilliant - as well. With all things considered, simply the best we have seen in any size and irreplaceable. We are always looking for a ‘perfect’ horsetail and this one fills the bill. Not inexpensive, but one look with magnification and you will be convinced entirely. With an AGL Demantoid Brief.
$5950 / carat - $7913 total
Color: Medium Brown-Orange
Clarity: Eye Clean to Slightly Included
Origin: Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
Cut: Oval Brilliant
Treatments: None
Measurements: 8 x 6 mm
Certainly something we are not able to put together everyday; A fine and well matched pair of these distinctly colored Hessonites from the famous Canadian locality. A great match and a fine color, this is quite scarce material as you may imagine. A lovely and unusual set.
$95 / carat - $293 total
Color: Medium Dark Orange
Clarity: Eye Clean
Origin: Little 3 Mine, Ramona, California
Cut: Custom Trillion
Treatments: None
Measurements: 8.9 mm
A superb stone from an outstanding US locale - the famed Little Three Mine In San Diego county. The outstanding precision cut is particularly striking in combination with the deep and distinctive color. This is the Little Three Mine at its best - larger, clean gems where never common and this was in the period when Spessartite from any locale in the world was somewhat unusual. Though it is somewhat overlooked now, there was a long period where these stones were the world standard for Spessartite. A small operation, the mine’s emphasis was always on specimens (not on cutting rough) and Spessartite was unusual even here, Topaz being far more common. A magnificent and precision cut 4 carat gem in top clarity and color. Great size and simply a lovely and historic old Ramona stone of the highest quality.
$875 / carat - $3587 total
Color: Medium Brown Orange
Clarity: Transparent
Origin: Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Quebec
Cut: Natural Crystal
Treatments: None
Measurements: 16.2 x 15.9 x 7 mm
A fine and well formed crystal in the classic color for this legendary deposit. Absolutely a clean-ish piece of cutting rough, we thought the crystal form and aesthetic was worth saving this piece in its current state. Broad crystal faces give a lovely brilliance to the group and it is quite flat on the back in case you’d like to set it.
$185 total
Color: Medium Dark Brownish Orange-Red
Clarity: Eye Clean
Origin: Tanzania
Cut: Round Portuguese
Treatments: None
Measurements: 8 mm
Malaya is an intermediate Garnet species that is defined both by its refractive index range and its color. The name derives from its inability to fit into the standard Garnet classification - its most frequent translation is 'outcast'. This is, unfortunately, a very overused term in the marketplace as actual examples that deserve the Malaya name are quite scarce. This lovely stone is a gorgeous example, completely clean and finely cut. Gorgeous reddish-orange color, very rich - the tone and brilliance are a perfect pair to the flawless precision cutting.