Spessartine Garnet

Item Description

The Tongbei Spessartines are some of the most attractive and highly displayable specimens to come out of China in recent years. This piece has hundreds of lustrous, gemmy, reddish-orange trapezohedra modified by dodecahedra measuring up to .5 cm covering the matrix. The color in these crystals is a rich orange hue (due to nearly pure Manganese content) and are very attractive. This material is becoming less and less available on the market, and keep in mind that there are only a few worldwide localities that produce this color of Spessartine in fine specimens. Bright orange Spessartine specimens are NOT easy to find these days from any locality.