Description
The wine-red color, clarity and good play of light of this oval faceted AA-grade garnet make it an appealing choice for custom jewelry designs of all types. Traditional red garnet derives its deep color from iron and magnesium. Garnet exhibits few inclusions, and those that are present tend to be rounded, seedlike crystals with irregular edges. Garnet is the birthstone for January.
Garnets are actually a family of closely related stones. The most common color is red; but garnets are also found in green, orange, pink and blue.
The oval cut is an even, symmetrical shape but elongated. The arrangement of its facets is similar to that of a round brilliant, designed to maximize light and color.
Specifications:
- Cutting Center : India
- Stone size : 7 x 5mm
- Stone(s) shape : Oval
- Material : Garnet
- Stone type : Natural
- Color : Brownish-red
- Clarity : Eye-clean
- Grade : AA
- Mohs hardness : 6.5–7.5
- Refractive index : 1.72–1.94
- Specific gravity : 3.1–4.3
- Treatment : None (N)
Please Note:• This stone is suitable for firing in place in silver PMC3 using the schedule with the lowest-temperature settings.
• Red garnets are often almandine garnets but may also be pyrope garnets or a mixture of almandine and pyrope garnets. Both of these varieties of garnet are characterized by a rich red color. They are difficult to distinguish, and we do not attempt to separate them by type.
• Unless precisely calibrated to an exact size, gemstone sizes vary slightly. Rio allows a tolerance of +/– 0.2mm for gemstones larger than 4mm.
• Red garnets are often almandine garnets but may also be pyrope garnets or a mixture of almandine and pyrope garnets. Both of these varieties of garnet are characterized by a rich red color. They are difficult to distinguish, and we do not attempt to separate them by type.
• Unless precisely calibrated to an exact size, gemstone sizes vary slightly. Rio allows a tolerance of +/– 0.2mm for gemstones larger than 4mm.