Yellow garnet

[bling_dream19]

Hi folks! So my dad just got my mom this yellow garnet ring. It's set in sterling silver with 22 kt YG bezel. I had never seen a yellow garnet before. It has good sparkle and color and the engraving is gorgeous. What do you all think? It looks like a citrine but they said it was sold to them as a garnet. Designer Jason McLeod.

 

[icy_jade]

Mali garnet?

 

[nutellakitty]

Mali garnet has a very high dispersion, higher than diamonds, and it glows like yellow diamonds in the dark.
This is mine. Mali garnet is more yellowish green.

 

[bling_dream19]

Ok thanks @icy_jade and @nutellakitty silly question but what is Mali garnet short for?

 

[bling_dream19]

Mali garnet has a very high dispersion, higher than diamonds, and it glows like yellow diamonds in the dark.
This is mine. Mali garnet is more yellowish green.

Is your garnet the center? This is a gorgeous ring! I love sparkly garnets! Do you think garnets are the most sparkly gem besides diamonds?

 

[nutellakitty]

Thank you! That is my recent favorite piece.
The center stone is a Cooper Bearing Tourmaline and the halos are mali garnets.
Only two kinds of garnets have higher dispersion than diamonds. (Some) Mali Garnet and Demantoid Garnets. The dispersion for Mali Garnet and Demantoid Garnet is from 0.028 to 0.057. Diamond is 0.044.
Not all yellow garnets can be categorized as Mali Garnet.
Sphene has a higher dispersion rate than diamond too. Moissanite even has a higher dispersion of 0.1.

 

[shelovesinclusions]

I've seen hessonite garnet it a warm golden color before. I think the band on your mom's ring is really cool. It's a really pretty ring.

 

[seaurchin]

You might try emailing your pics to Jason McLeod and asking him. Maybe he remembers it or has a record of it that he'd be willing to share.

 

[stracci2000]

Ok thanks @icy_jade and @nutellakitty silly question but what is Mali garnet short for?

Not a silly question!
It is found in the country of Mali, in West Africa

 

[icy_jade]

Possible yellow garnet colors

Grossular Garnet - Smithsonian Institution

 

[musicloveranthony]

Looks like a hessonite. I'd be willing to bet on that

 

[JewelledEscalators]

Mali garnet has a very high dispersion, higher than diamonds, and it glows like yellow diamonds in the dark.
This is mine. Mali garnet is more yellowish green.

Lovely ring. I LOVE 8 stone clusters - there's just someting about them

 

[marymm]

My vote goes to Hessonite Garnet as well -- lovely ring by the way.

 

[nutellakitty]

Lovely ring. I LOVE 8 stone clusters - there's just someting about them

Thank you! I love love love Giant Halos Cluster Rings!

 

[JewelledEscalators]

Thank you! I love love love Giant Halos Cluster Rings!

Do you have a picture of it on the hand?

 

[T L]

Mali garnet has a very high dispersion, higher than diamonds, and it glows like yellow diamonds in the dark.
This is mine. Mali garnet is more yellowish green.

Are you sure it’s not a demantoid instead? Both are andradite garnets.

 

[nutellakitty]

Are you sure it’s not a demantoid instead? Both are andradite garnets.

It is similar but Demantoids are greener.

 

[nutellakitty]

It is a huge ring on my size 4.5 finger. The green color is very difficult to take pictures of.

 

[T L]

It is similar but Demantoids are greener.

Not necessarily, many are yellowish green, and that looks very green to me.

 

[rbjd]

Demantoid is andradite. The highest garnet dispersion.

Mali garnets are grandite (grossular/andradite mix). They tend to have green tones, even in the yellows. Gary Braun has been cutting through a great parcel lately and has had some beautiful Mali garnets on his site recently.

In my experience Mali garnets are not as dispersive as either demantoid or diamonds but they can be very bright and sparkly.

The green stone in the center of the ring looks like a tsavorite if it’s a garnet.

The “yellowest” garnet I’ve seen was a grossular.

 

[T L]

I’ve been looking for a pale greenish yellow Mali for years, many are brownish yellow, or a golden color, which I’m not too keen on.

 

[rbjd]

I’ve been looking for a pale greenish yellow Mali for years, many are brownish yellow, or a golden color, which I’m not too keen on.

2.68 ct Mali Garnet

2.68 ct Mali Garnet

www.finewatergems.com

https://www.finewatergems.com/uploads/1/2/7/0/127072/s913627216465936_p827_i1_w900.jpeg

He’s had some lime greenish ones also. Higher and lower price points. Excellent cutting and clarity.

 

[T L]

2.68 ct Mali Garnet

2.68 ct Mali Garnet

www.finewatergems.com

https://www.finewatergems.com/uploads/1/2/7/0/127072/s913627216465936_p827_i1_w900.jpeg

He’s had some lime greenish ones also. Higher and lower price points. Excellent cutting and clarity.

I didn’t see any lime green ones on his website.

 

[rbjd]

2.68 ct Mali Garnet

2.68 ct Mali Garnet

www.finewatergems.com

https://www.finewatergems.com/uploads/1/2/7/0/127072/s913627216465936_p827_i1_w900.jpeg

He’s had some lime greenish ones also. Higher and lower price points. Excellent cutting and clarity.

 

[rbjd]

I didn’t see any lime green ones on his website.

Ask him. He might still have some greener rough.

 

[rbjd]

Very hard to photograph but a beautiful brilliant sparkling Mali. Yellowish in some lighting and highlighter lime in other lighting. IF and practically glows in the dark.

 

[nutellakitty]

Very hard to photograph but a beautiful brilliant sparkling Mali. Yellowish in some lighting and highlighter lime in other lighting. IF and practically glows in the dark.

This is sooo pretty!!! I want to get a bigger piece too!

 

[rbjd]

Very hard to photograph but a beautiful brilliant sparkling Mali. Yellowish in some lighting and highlighter lime in other lighting. IF and practically glows in the dark.

Gary Braun Mali garnet. I mean, what else is there to say?

 

[demantoidz]

I’ve been looking for a pale greenish yellow Mali for years, many are brownish yellow, or a golden color, which I’m not too keen on.

I saw a potentially nice one here http://www.zavamastercuts.com/garnet-1/garnet-mali-2
they have a lot more inventory than shown on that site, based on their IG. They are an AGTA member. Maybe worth reaching out, but won't be cheap.

 

[JewelledEscalators]

It is a huge ring on my size 4.5 finger. The green color is very difficult to take pictures of.

Oooh, I didn't read the rest of the thread (being a magpie drawon to pictures) - so the halo isn't diamond? That's unusual in a good way. The yellow tint of the halo and the green of the centre stone is a nice combination!