Garnet-"Mali" -Golden with yellow flash

Type: Garnet-"Mali"

Origin: Linde, Tanzania

Weight: 0.490

Color: Golden strong yellow flash

Cut: Round(Foreign Chain cut articulated in Arusha)

Clarity: VVS

Size: 4.71 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 Infra-Cambrian (formation time).

Ugrandite series: (uvarovite, Grossular, and Andradite).

The Mali garnet is one of the most rare after the Tsavorites and Demantoid garnets.

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