garnet

9.96-ct umbalite garnet gemstone, “Diamondback” design by Jim Perkins, cut by Loren Brown. All photos © RSA Gems. Used with permission.…

This 21.12-ct umbalite garnet rough became……

Oval brilliant-cut hessonite garnet, 5.33 cts, 12.3 x 9.3 mm, Sri Lanka. © The Gem Trader. Used with permission.

A ring carved from a single piece of maw sit sit. The frog has garnet eyes ringed in gold. Photo courtesy of liveauctioneers.com and I.M. Chait Gallery/Auctioneers.…

his stone has been heat treated to brighten color. Many untreated red african sapphires (rubies) look like dark garnets unless they are heated…

This is a very pretty chrome diopside that looks just like a much more expensive tsavorite garnet. This stone is a bit on the soft side, and I would…

A very nice Congo tourmaline that shows an almost tsavorite garnet-like gree color with a slight blue secondary tone. It has a dark c-axis, so it…

This zircon has a deeper red color much like a darker red garnet. Color: Very Slightly Brownish Darker Red, Cut: Fancy Barion Octagon, Weight: 1.41,…

A deeper red colored zircon that can look a lot like a red garnet under incandescent light, and is a slightly more orangy red under natural daylight.…