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Two Fine Rhodolite Garnets
7 December 2016, 10:00 PST
Los AngelesSold for US$2,750 inc. premium
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Two Fine Rhodolite Garnets
East Africa
This color of garnet derives its name from rhododendron colored garnets first discovered in North Carolina in the late 1800s. Though the present gems are from more recent discoveries in Tanzania, rhodolite garnets also occur in India and Sri Lanka. These two garnets have a very desirable reddish-purple hue, with excellent clarity and luster, the larger oval-cut, weighing 11.49 carats and measuring 13.56 x 11.8 x 8.65mm and the smaller oval-cut, weighing 9.03 carats and measuring 12.41 x 11.04 x 8.0mm. Total weight approximately 20.51 carats . (2)
This color of garnet derives its name from rhododendron colored garnets first discovered in North Carolina in the late 1800s. Though the present gems are from more recent discoveries in Tanzania, rhodolite garnets also occur in India and Sri Lanka. These two garnets have a very desirable reddish-purple hue, with excellent clarity and luster, the larger oval-cut, weighing 11.49 carats and measuring 13.56 x 11.8 x 8.65mm and the smaller oval-cut, weighing 9.03 carats and measuring 12.41 x 11.04 x 8.0mm. Total weight approximately 20.51 carats . (2)

