Hessonite Garnat
Locality: Madagasscar

These will cut decently, the clarity is SI to I, which is pretty typical of Hessonite Garnets . Very good practice Garnets and will finish a pretty stone.

1 each 51.0 carats - $25.50 SI orange/red - 12 stones
1 each 45.0 carats - $22.50 SI orange/red - 10 stones
1 each 48.0 carats - $24.00 SI orange/red - 12 stones
1 each 48.0 carats - $24.00 SI orange/red - 12 stones

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Rhodolite Garnat
Locality: Africa

These will cut decently, the clarity is SI to I . Very good practice Garnets and will finish a pretty stone.

1 each 29.5 carats - $35.00 SI red/purple

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Pyrope Garnat - $2/carat
Locality: Africa

These are pretty nice stones, but they are not flawless, the clarity is VVS to VS . These stones are Bargain because they have a little silk or a bubbles A lot of dealers sell this type of Garnet as just regular Garnets.

1 each 145.56 carats - $31.12 VS-SI red, best cut cushion - 13.5mm x 15.5mm x 7.5mm deep
1 each 18.01 carats - $36.02 VS-SI red, best cut cushion - 13.5mm x 16mm x 7.2mm deep
1 each 13.35 carats - $26.70 VS-SI red, best cut rectangle - 10.4mm x 15mm x 8.5mm deep

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Rhodolite Garnat
Locality: Africa

These will cut decently, the clarity is SI to I . Very good practice Garnets and will finish a pretty stone.

1 each 47.90 carats - $50.00 SI red/purple

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Pyrope Garnat - $0.30/carat
Locality: Africa

These are pretty nice stones, but they are not flawless, the clarity is VVS to SI . Many of them will cut flawless or very close... This is typical Pyrope material it is saturated and checker boards are a good idea. This is very good practice rough...

Parcels (these are good practice stones, great cabbing too)
149.0 carats @ $44.70 - 15 stones
140.0 carats @ $42.00 - 14 stones
151.0 carats @ $45.30 - 14 stones
151.0 carats @ $45.30 - 15 stones
143.0 carats @ $42.90 - 14 stones
156.0 carats @ $46.80 - 15 stones

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Rhodolite Garnat - $3 to $6/carat
Locality: Africa

These are pretty nice stones, but they are not flawless, the clarity is VVS to VS . These stones are Bargain because they have a little silk or a bubble, occasionally a small vail. A lot of dealers sell this type of Garnet as just regular Rhodolite.

1 each 21.56 carats - $129.54 VVS purple/red, best cut pear - 12.5mm x 17.5mm x 9mm deep
1 each 29.22 carats - $175.32 VVS purple/red, best cut oval/cushion - 13.5mm x 17.3mm x 12.9mm deep
1 each 16.50 carats - $66.00 VVS purple/red, best cut pear/rectangle - 12mm x 16.5mm x 8.6mm deep
1 each 9.96 carats - $49.80 VS purple/red (probably cut clean), best cut cushion/rectangle - 10mm x 12mm x 7.5mm deep
1 each 15.82 carats - $79.10 VS purple/red, best cut cushion/rectangle - 12mm x 15mm x 8.5mm deep
1 each 16.72 carats - $83.60 VS purple/red, best cut cushion/rectangle - 11.7mm x 17mm x 8.5mm deep
1 each 13.20 carats - $66.00 VS purple/red, best cut cushion/rectangle - 10.5mm x 14.8mm x 7mm deep
1 each 13.74 carats - $68.70 VS purple/red, best cut cushion/oval - 11.3mm x 14.6mm x 8.4mm deep
1 each 14.20 carats - $56.80 SI purple/red, best cut trillion - 13.4mm x 15.5mm x 8mm deep
1 each 9.94 carats - $39.76 SI purple/red, best cut rectangle - 9.3mm x 14.3mm x 8.7mm deep
1 each 8.80 carats - $35.20 SI purple/red, best cut tpear/oval - 8.3mm x 13mm x 8.2mm deep
1 each 9.69 carats - $38.76 SI purple/red, best cut cushion - 11mm x 16.2mm x 7.2mm deep

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Almandine Garnets
Locality: Africa

These are pretty nice and will cut good stones, mostly clean and good practice...

Parcel
377.5 carats @ $100.00

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Maderin Garnets - $.0.60/ct
Locality: Africa

These are pretty nice stones, but they are not flawless, the clarity is VVS to SI. Typically theese have crystal bubble inclusions. They cut basically orange stones with some red/brown highlights.

Parcels (these are good practice stones, great cabbing too)
99.5 carats @ $59.70 - 26 stones

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Rose Malaya Garnets - $.65/ct
Locality: Arizona

 

These are slightly included to included and the pieces will cut a nice red/orange/pink stone. Typically there is some silk and bubbles, a few flaws to cut around. But these will makes some nice large stones and the price is right. Good Garnet practice stones. Most of these stones will cut around 1 carat. There are a few larger and a few smaller stone in these parcels and for the most part this material is pretty clean. They are nice inexpensive Garnets to cut...

Currently Available:
1 bag 281.5 carats @ $168.90 - 81 stones (Avg 3.47 carats)
1 bag 258.5 carats @ $168.02 - 49 stones (Avg 5.27 carats)

Bargain Index

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