garnet

Oval brilliant-cut garnet, sunlight, 4.13 cts, 10.7 x 8.4 mm, Tanzania. © The Gem Trader. Used with permission.

This 14k necklace features a garnet pendant in a filigree setting and four more garnets set in a drop. Photo courtesy of liveauctioneers.com and…

The pink almandine in this fin de siècle gold ring appears to have a slight window. From the collection of the Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.…

A gold ring with strongly purplish red almandine garnets in a floral-inspired design, from the collection of the Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.…

Here is a very nice, larger spessartite that is a rich, slightly orangy medium-dark red color. This stone has a Portuguese style pavilion and a round…

This spessartite has good brilliance and a deeper medium reddish orange color. Color: Reddish Orange, Cut: Mixed Scissor/Step Triangle, Weight:…

This is a decent stone overall with a good orange color that I should probably call “Mandarin” Orange. It has an inclusion under one…

A deep, pinkish ruby red rhodolite garnet with moderate brilliance and very nice color. This stone may show a bit of silk in direct sunlight, but…

This is a very nice rhodolite garnet with more of a pure red color rather than pinkish red. Photo is representative of how it looks in moderate light,…