Analyses the chemical composition and inclusion characteristics of this ancient artefact.
Read MorePyrope-spessartine garnets from Tranoroa, in southern Madagascar, contain appreciable Cr and somewhat lower V contents.
Read MoreMalaya garnets from Bekily, Madagascar, are predominantly pink to pinkish orange, with some stones orange to red.
Read MoreFor most of the 20th century, the principal source of fine spessartine was the area around the Little Three mine near the town of Ramona in southern California.
Read MoreGemmological, chemical, spectroscopic and microscopic properties of blue-green colour-change garnets from a new deposit near Bekily, Madagascar, are given.
Read MoreStraight, acicular, colourless solid inclusions in demantoid garnet from the Ural Mountains of Russia were investigated by laser Raman microspectrometry.
Read MoreA find of new gem garnets has been made in contact metamorphic deposits in the Republic of Mali, western Africa.
Read MoreGem-quality spessartine garnet and grossular garnet have been discovered in Altay, China.
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Red garnets have been mined in the Bohemian Hills of Czechoslovakia since the 16th century.
Read MoreThe Elahera gem field currently provides approximately 35% of the gemstones exported from Sri Lanka.
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