R2,400.00
1 in stock
This beautiful 2.32 carat pyrope garnet is the colour of a fine red wine.
Garnet is the birthstone for January as well as the traditional stone for a 2nd wedding anniversary.
Weight: 2.32 carat
Cut: Mixed
Colour: Deep purplish-red
Length: 8.8 mm
Width: 6.5 mm
Depth: 4.4 mm
Treatment: None
Origin: Africa
Certificate: No – Can be certified at an extra charge.
About Pyrope Garnet:
Species: Pyrope (Garnet Group)
Chemical composition: magnesium aluminium silicate
Deposits found in: Burma, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, China, South Africa, Tanzania, USA.
Known colours: Red to purplish red, often with a brown tint.
Mohs Hardness: 6.5 – 7.5
Pyrope, from the Greek word pyropos meaning “fire-like,” is a species of the GARNET group and frequently occurs in the same rock matrix as diamonds. Diamonds are known to sometimes occur with included crystals of pyrope garnet.
The word “garnet” is derived from the Latin word granatum, meaning “seedlike” because the uncut crystals in their natural form are reminiscent of the seeds of a pomegranate.
Garnet has a long history, reaching back through the eons as far as 3100 BC Egypt, with a more recent hay-day in 18th and 19th century Europe. Until the late 1800’s the world’s major source of pyrope garnet was Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.
Please note: We take great care to ensure that the photographs are an accurate representation of the actual stone, but due to differences in screen quality and resolution, and the fact that the colour of a gemstone is dependent on the type of light it is viewed in, some variation is possible.
