A Self Portrait...

20 May 2013

Andradite or Demantoid Garnet

No. 44003: Andradite var. Demantoid Garnet from Soghan, near Jiroft ...
www.johnbetts-fineminerals....

I take a special interest in Garnets they are my birth stone and over the years I've been impressed at the different colours. These are Andradite Garnets I saw the name and had to check and when I did I discovered its a variation or another name of the Demantoid Garnet. Demantoid is one of the rarer Garnets and consequently its one of the more expensive too.

The cut and shaped stone below is priced at approximately $6,000. My own Green garnets are Tsavorites perhaps not as expensive but just as green imo they're better than Emeralds.

03ct Demantoid Garnet – Namibia
jefferydavies.com

No comments:

Post a Comment