Garnet-Linde Imperial

Type: Garnet-Linde Imperial

Origin: Linde, Tanzania

Weight: 1.230

Color: Reddish Pink - Vivid

Cut: Oval(Foreign Chain cut)

Clarity: VVS

Size: 5.9 x 7.4 mm

Treatments: No Known Treatment

Genealogy: miner to broker in Arusha, Tanzania

Hardness: 7.000

Source: Arusha, Tanzania

Comments: Welcome to the garbage can of the metamorphic fluids in the Infracambrian (formation time).

The Linde is related to the Malaya or Malyaia often called the same.

Linde Imperial Garnets - Rare. An excellent example of a Linde.

Chemically these are a blend of Grossular and Andradite garnets also known as grandite.

Cotton Fibers may be present in the photos.  The cotton fibers cling statically to the surface of the gemstone.