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This 1.21 carat natural Demantoid Garnet has a bright yellow-green colour.
Garnet is the birthstone for January as well as the traditional stone for a 2nd wedding anniversary.
Weight: 1.21 carat
Cut: Oval
Colour: Bright yellow-green
Length: 5.6 mm
Width: 6.4 mm
Depth: 3.9 mm
Treatment: None
Origin: Africa
Certificate: No – Can be certified at an extra charge
About Demantoid Garnet:
Species: Andradite (Garnet Group)
Deposits found in: China, Korea, Russia, USA (Arizona), Mexico, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Iran, Namibia and Afghanistan. Some newer discoveries are rumored to have been made of deposits in Madagascar, but this has not been confirmed.
Known colours: Dark green, bright green to yellow green, olive green or brownish.
Mohs Hardness: 6.5 – 7
Demantoid garnet is a green variety of the species andradite, which is a calcium- and iron-rich garnet. It is the most expensive of the garnets and known mostly only to collectors.
The name “demantoid” is derived from the Old German word for diamond (demant), due to demantoid’s diamond-like fire. In fact, the dispersion (flashes of rainbow colours) in demantoid is greater than that of diamond, but some of the fire is masked by the green body colour.
The crystals are generally small, mostly cutting out to under a carat, and cut stones larger than 2.0 carat are rare, with stones larger than 3.0 carat being extremely rare.
Stones with a darker green colour generally fetch higher prices, however, they display considerably less fire. Which colour is preferred is therefore a personal choice. All of the demantoids in our collection have been selected for their fire and brilliance and bright green colour, although this does not translate well into the photographs. The camera tends to mute the green and dull the fire, but since we really only care what the human eye sees (and not the camera), we have adjusted the images so that the colour is as near a representation of the real thing as is possible with our equipment, although I do confess that they are still not done justice.
Please note: We take great care to ensure that the photographs are an accurate representation of the actual stone, but due to differences in screen quality and resolution, and the fact that the colour of a gemstone is dependent on the type of light it is viewed in, some variation is possible.
Stock Code: RM874685
