Garnet family （large number of pictures and continuously updated）

[landscape]

Lovely collection.

@landscape, do you by any chance have a collection of siberian and african amethysts? If so, I would love to see you start a thread on them. Many thanks

Unfortunately, amethysts is not in my main collection

 

[landscape]

Lovely collection.

@landscape, do you by any chance have a collection of siberian and african amethysts? If so, I would love to see you start a thread on them. Many thanks

But i have some purple chalcedony from indonesia without any treatment

 

[JackTrick]

From this thread, I’ve tried to find a topazolite/demantoid for my own collection, but I’ve sadly not been able to find any. Lovely photos.

 

[JewelledEscalators]

But i have some purple chalcedony from indonesia without any treatment

Thanks. Do you not like amethysts very much? Or is it that it's quite common stone so you don't really collect it? I do like your purple garnets very much though.

 

[landscape]

Thanks. Do you not like amethysts very much? Or is it that it's quite common stone so you don't really collect it? I do like your purple garnets very much though.

I have some amethysts, and some other interesting crystals, but most of them are not photographed, if you are interested, I can go and take pictures. It's true that because crystals are so common and amethyst is so much heat treated, I don't usually collect gems that have any heat treatments. I have a few pink crystal photos at hand, and I'll post them here by the way.

 

[landscape]

From this thread, I’ve tried to find a topazolite/demantoid for my own collection, but I’ve sadly not been able to find any. Lovely photos.

Topazolite is really hard to find, for many years I have one only , but now many yellow mali garnets are also identified as Topazolite.Demantoid from Africa is easy to find, demantoid from Russia 1ct+ is a little harder

 

[landscape]

Thanks. Do you not like amethysts very much? Or is it that it's quite common stone so you don't really collect it? I do like your purple garnets very much though.

Many gem varieties include purple, sapphire, tourmaline, garnet, etc. I also Post a purple copper tourmaline, maybe you will like it

Very bright purple and some other rare colored tourmalines

 

[JewelledEscalators]

Wow, so vivid!

Particularly love the second and the fourth ones. Very clean too.

 

[JewelledEscalators]

I have some amethysts, and some other interesting crystals, but most of them are not photographed, if you are interested, I can go and take pictures. It's true that because crystals are so common and amethyst is so much heat treated, I don't usually collect gems that have any heat treatments. I have a few pink crystal photos at hand, and I'll post them here by the way.

Oooh, I knew most citrines are heated amethysts but didn't know that most amethysts are heat treated. Yes, if you have nice amethysts I would like to see them, but if it's too much trouble, don't worry about it. I assume the above are pink quartz?

I like amethysts because I just really love the purple colour - it's a different kind of purple to sapphires and garnets (though I do love purple garnets).

 

[JackTrick]

Topazolite is really hard to find, for many years I have one only , but now many yellow mali garnets are also identified as Topazolite.Demantoid from Africa is easy to find, demantoid from Russia 1ct+ is a little harder

Specifically, I was looking for the bicolor both topazolite/demantoid you posted. Which seems hard to find

 

[landscape]

Specifically, I was looking for the bicolor both topazolite/demantoid you posted. Which seems hard to find

Bicolor both topazolite/demantoid is not a normal gemstone variety, too many random factors, it is difficult to have another one

 

[landscape]

Oooh, I knew most citrines are heated amethysts but didn't know that most amethysts are heat treated. Yes, if you have nice amethysts I would like to see them, but if it's too much trouble, don't worry about it. I assume the above are pink quartz?

I like amethysts because I just really love the purple colour - it's a different kind of purple to sapphires and garnets (though I do love purple garnets).

yes pink quartz

 

[landscape]

Wow, so vivid!

Particularly love the second and the fourth ones. Very clean too.

Thanks

 

[llamacat]

@landscape, would you happen to have any green mali garnets? would love to see them if you do

 

[landscape]

@landscape, would you happen to have any green mali garnets? would love to see them if you do

I have posted Green Mali Garnet in this thread. Mali garnets are all yellow-green, not pure green. For Mali garnets, yellow-green with no brown hue is a good green
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