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Gene has a few new stones, that I found at the bottom of his blog page, and this one caught my eye.
Here's what he says about it:
Gem 1024 - Spessartite Garnet - 3.30 ct. This stone from Nigeria is cut in my Star 80 Design. The stone is from a newer pocket in Nigeria that is producing these deeper colored spessartites with a red modifier. The stones have very strong saturation but are more of burnt orange/red color than the Tanzanian stones. This one measures 9.14 mm point to point and 7.93 mm across the flats.
Color: 8
Clarity: 8
Brilliance: 5
BTW: does anybody know what stone it takes to get a 10 for brilliance on Gene's rating system?
Here's what he says about it:
Gem 1024 - Spessartite Garnet - 3.30 ct. This stone from Nigeria is cut in my Star 80 Design. The stone is from a newer pocket in Nigeria that is producing these deeper colored spessartites with a red modifier. The stones have very strong saturation but are more of burnt orange/red color than the Tanzanian stones. This one measures 9.14 mm point to point and 7.93 mm across the flats.
Color: 8
Clarity: 8
Brilliance: 5
BTW: does anybody know what stone it takes to get a 10 for brilliance on Gene's rating system?