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Reserved pending pymt :)

Offering up my big hessonite garnet. Nice low price for such a big natural gem! I got it at a low price though so I can offer it for a low price :)

Precision cut by Dan Stair, untreated garnet. It's a nice big gem at 9 mm in a cushion cut, 4.65 cts. The color is very peachy to my eye but I'm not very experienced with evaluating gems of this color. I don't consider this to be a very shifty garnet overall, but it can appear a bit more yellow to more orange to more peach, just depending on the degree of light. (All pics taken in natural sunlight, with no manipulation).

I think the pictures represent the color pretty well though. It is very evenly colored; perhaps more so than pics show - there are no black spots (I see a couple of spots in the pics but that is just the scintillation of light moving in the gem). The gem does have the sugary type of inclusions that you see in garnets, but they're not obvious. The only pic that shows them well is the fourth pic; I took that pic in *extremely* bright sunlight, in order to get them to show. Most gems don't look great in extremely bright sunlight, so the color isn't really great in this pic, but I included it so that the sugar was visible. The rest of the pics, where the sugar isn't as visible, is the normal appearance of the gem in average lighting conditions. (Picture five is upside down).

This would make a great pendant or big cocktail ring. It's not my favorite color gem so I know I won't set it; and it can be fun to own natural and affordable gems in larger sizes! Hopefully someone will nab this one and give it some attention as it's just been in my gem box for awhile :)

Shipping included in price, within US only (I only ship in the US, sorry!). PayPal only please.

Please ask all questions before deciding to buy; I am selling from my collection, and as such do not offer returns. I answer questions quickly, and will do my best to make sure you have all info before buying. I'm an active PS member and ebay seller under the ID katharath; you can check out my feedback if you like, I've sold for many years on ebay and more recently, over here :)