Spessartite 3.47 ct.

SPESSARTITE or SPESSARTINE

Is a type of garnet family , a Manganese Aluminum Silicate with formula Mn3Al2(SiO4)3

Hardness is 7-7.5

Spessartite is also called mandarine garnet, especially the variety found in Namibia, highly prized and of a intense vivid orange color.

This gem here is orange-brown and it cames from Mozambique, is eye clean ,but at the loupe we can see several smal inclusions.

Size:9.9x7.5x5.2 mm.

Weight: 3.47 ct.

CODE#4331