Description

I bought this from JTV way back in the day. It was sold as a "pure" pyrope, which is supposedly quite rare, as most are mixed with other garnet varieties (like almandite and spessartite). It is 5.02ct and measures around 11x9mm. It's a scissor cut, which I love. The color is a deep, full-bodied blood red with the facets positively lighting up in large, electric flashes of scarlet. It's very brilliant and very fiery. Completely eye clean or better. This is not to be confused with those overly dark, dull, dead, brown-red garnets. This is probably the finest pyrope material you can buy, and it's just impossible to find in this quality and size. From Mozambique.