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Garnet
Garnets are a set of closely related minerals forming a group, with gemstones in almost every color.
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Demantoid from Val Malenco, Italy: Review and Update
New data are presented for demantoid from Val Malenco, Italy, as obtained by classical gemological methods.
Spring 2004 Gem News International
Spessartine Garnet from Ramona, San Diego County, California
For 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.
Spring 2000 Gem News International
Garnets from Madagascar with a Color Change of Blue-Green to Purple
Gemological, chemical, spectroscopic, and microscopic properties of blue-green color-change garnets from a new deposit near Bekily, Madagascar, are given.
Summer 1996 Gem News International
Russian Demantoid, Czar of the Garnet Family
Demantoid, green andradite garnet, was discovered in the Central Ural Mountains of Russia in the mid-19th century.
Pastel Pyropes
The Elahera Gem Field in Central Sri Lanka
The Elahera gem field currently provides approximately 35% of the gemstones exported from Sri Lanka.
A Survey of the Gemstone Resources of China
A Proposed New Classification for Gem-Quality Garnets
Eight garnet species are defined and methods of identification are described.
A Status Report on Gemstones from Afghanistan
An overview of the plentiful and various gem materials being discovered and produced in Afghanistan.
