This is a super lot of a NEW FIND of Hessonite Garnet coming from Afghanistan. The color of this material is just phenomenal and runs from a lovely almost Mandarin Orange to a fiery Tangerine with Red Flashes! Please be aware that this rough may be a mixture of Spessartite and/or Hessonite (Possibly other Garnets as well) which are generally included species of Garnet. It is extremely difficult to acquire eye-clean to flawless rough in either species. Most of this material WILL have at least minor inclusions; however, most inclusions tend to mask up well because of the high refractive index of this material. All these stones are slightly included at best and this lot really is a mix of Faceting and Cabbing grade rough and has been priced accordingly.

We have rough graded this material as being 25% mixed facet grade and there are some lovely stones in here. This is a ROUGH estimate and includes both low and high end facet rough. The clarity on this material is very similar to your TYPICAL Nigerian and Namibian Mandarin Garnet! Most stones will cut very slightly included at the least; however, you may be able to get a few Eye-clean stones out of this lot with a little hard work depending on yield preferences and your planning.

1. We ARE THE MINERS for this rough and as such we have the best prices available!!! There is nowhere you can pick this material up at this price.

2. GIA article on this material available HERE!