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2015 AGTA "Cutting Edge" Spectrum Award Winner: Suite of Twelve Rhodolite Garnets by Dalan Hargrave

7 December 2016, 10:00 PST
Los Angeles

US$7,000 - US$9,000

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2015 AGTA "Cutting Edge" Spectrum Award Winner: Suite of Twelve Rhodolite Garnets by Dalan Hargrave

East Africa
Six large pear-shaped, flat-cut rhodolite garnets: smooth polished to the faces and with incised lines and bubble-cut to the reverse side, with six small triangular-shaped rhodolite garnets to serve as accents. (12) Total weight approximately 140.62 carats. The largest rhodolite weighing approximately 24.82 carats and measuring 27.48 x 25.70 x 3.16mm

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The suite of Rhodolites was the AGTA's (American Gem Trade Association) "Cutting Edge" Spectrum Award Winner in 2015 for pairs and suites at the annual competition held each February.

Dalan Hargrave
Dalan Hargrave began a career as a goldsmith in 1976 after taking college courses in Arts and Metals at San Antonio Junior College. During his career he advanced from repair work to light manufacturing, mold making, gem cutting and fabricating one-of-a-kind jewelry. His design studio presently specializes in custom mountings and lapidary work and he has established a number of signature gemstone styles which are exclusively his including: GemStarz, GemHeartz, Spirographic-cuts, compound concave cuts and the 3-D Illusion series.

Hargrave only began cutting gemstones in 1998. Yet he has since received numerous "Spectrum" and "Cutting Edge Awards" from the American Gem Trade Association--a total of 22 with 3 "Best of Show"--an outstanding achievement for one so new in the field. In 2004, he was inducted into the National Rockhound/Lapidary Hall of Fame in the area of Metal Craft. Recently Hargrave received "Best of Competition" in the 2006 "Gemmys" competition sponsored by Lapidary Journal. In 2007, he received two additional "Gemmys" awards. His work has been featured before in Bonhams' Natural History auctions.

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