Garnet

I am able to offer to the public one of the finest selections of beautiful garnets in Sydney.
The garnets shown here are just a very small selection of what I can offer you.
Feel free to contact me about available sizes, shapes and colours.
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	Stone : Pyrope Garnet Colour : Red Item : #1728 Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2022 Design : Rectangle Radiant Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 8.12 Carats Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 12.09X9.75X7.91mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST A big, bold, beautifully cut pyrope garnet with an intense red hue. It is a fine garnet and my favorite when looking for a good red gem. An excellent gem!
	Stone : Rhodolite Garnet Colour : Raspberry Pink Red Item : #1495 Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2022 Design : Chrysanthemum Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 2.88 Carats Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included Size : 8.54X8.56X4.08mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST A lovely raspberry pink red rhodolite cut in a sweet chrysanthemum design. A nice low profile design suitable for any jewellery setting.
	Stone : Rhodolite Garnet Colour : Raspberry Pinkish Red Item : #1252 Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2018 Design : Supernova Oval Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 5.98 Carats Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included Size : 12.05X8.99X7.58mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST Comments : This is a wonderful natural rhodolite garnet from Tanzania that has a soft inner glow that is beguiling and beautiful to behold. The gem has the classic raspberry pinkish red hues that rhodolite is renown for and at night under lights it is truly magnificent. I picked this single particular stone from a large parcel of rhodolite, there was just something about it that sung to me... it had this glow that kept drawing my eye to it. The stone does have some of the usual fine silky needle inclusions (but is otherwise clean) that rhodolite often has and I think this is in part what gives the gem it's special glow. I knew as soon as I saw it that the Supernova Oval would be perfect for it and that was ultimately the design I ended up cutting. I have included some pics of the gem being faceted along with a couple of the original rough stone. SEE THE ORIGINAL ROUGH STONE HERE.
	Stone : Rhodolite Garnet - Matched Pair Cut By : Doug Menadue 2017 Item : #1077 Design : SG1 Round Brilliant Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 5.13, 5.16 Carats Clarity : Eye Clean / Very Slightly Included (Slight Silk) Size : 10.10x10.09x7.48mm, 10.08x10.07x7.55mmmm Pieces : 2 Price : PRICE ON REQUEST Comments : A very beautiful and well matched pair of rhodolite garnets that would make a prefect pair of earrings. These are wonderful garnets with the classic rhodolite raspberry pinkish red hues. Both stones do have some "silk" which is common to rhodolites but it is hard to notice unless you get in real close with a loupe. These beauties look amazing at night. Can be sold individually.
	Stone : Imperial (Rhodolite) Garnet Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2014 Item : #682 Design : Bar Round Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 1.7 Carats each Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included Size : 6.8x6.8x5 mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST Comments : Here is a very fine pair of bright wonderfully coloured garnets. They are matched in terms of size and design but they are slightly different colours, one is red and the other more pinky purple. Both are very fine stones and have only a couple of very minor inclusions that you really need a loupe to see. The rough was sold to me as being Imperial garnets but they might be rhodolite garnet, its hard to tell with garnets of this type. The design is one of my favorites and I think it is perfect for men's jewellery. I can see it working as cufflinks or perhaps a tiepin.
	Stone : Garnet Colour : Red Item : #1654 Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2022 Design : Cushion Cabochon Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 8.39 Carats Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 10.81X10.71X6.18mm Price : SOLD I'm really partial to a nice cabochon, the simplicity and solidness in a well cut good quality cab is a beautiful thing. Most cabochons on the market are cut with b-grade material and as such are generally full of flaws and other nasty inclusions. When I cut a cabochon I do so with top grade material because there is no where to hide flaws in a cab. This cab is a luscious deep red garnet cut in a cushion style and will make an excellent ring stone.
	Stone : Garnet Colour : Red Item : #1658 Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2022 Design : Cushion Cabochon Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 6.06 Carats Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 10.35X9.02X5.89mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST A well cut cabochon in top grade material is a very beautiful gemstone and this luscious deep red garnet from Tanzania is just such a gem. Now and then I get a hankering to cut some cabs and I quite enjoy the simplicity of the process, something a bit zen about it. This beauty will be perfect for any jewellery setting.
	Stone : Malaya Garnet Colour : Peach Item : #1665 Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2022 Design : Chrysanthemum Origin : Malaya, Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 1.75 Carats Clarity : Eye Clean / Very Very Slightly Included Size : 6.52x6.52x3.91mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST These Malaya garnets are just beautiful gemstones and the fancy garnets in general would have to be some of my favorite gems. They always look good, very bright and colourful and always pleasing to look at. This is another in my series of Chrysanthemum cuts and is perfect for any jewellery setting you'd please. I wonder how they'd go as a tiepin?
	Stone : Malaya Garnet Colour : Peach Item : #1663 Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2022 Design : Chrysanthemum Origin : Malaya, Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 1.72 Carats Clarity : Eye Clean / Very Very Slightly Included Size : 7.31X7.29X3.40mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST In the hand this little Malaya garnet is a dynamic gemstone! It is a very pretty gem that I've cut in my Chrysanthemum design. It is perfect for any jewellery setting and is truly a sweet little stone. It does have some very fine silk inclusions which are common for this type of garnet but is otherwise clean.
	Stone : Mahenge Garnet Colour : Peach Item : #202340 Design : Cushion Origin : Mahenge, Tanzania Treatments : Unheated Weight : 1.95 Carat Clarity : Very Slightly Included Size : 7.9X7.0X4.2mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST A gorgeous peach coloured Mahenge garnet. These garnets are very popular and rightfully so, they are bright and beautiful. This gem has a few very small natural inclusions that are common to these types of garnets and are not anywhere near as noticable as they appear in the pics.
	Stone : Malaya Garnet Colour : Peach Pink Item : #202176 Design : Square Cushion Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 3.60 Carats Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included Size : 8.8X8.8X5.49mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST An outstanding natural Malaya Garnet from Tanzania! This beautiful garnet has a wonderful peach pink hue and the colours are far far nicer then the pics suggest. It is a very clean gem with only minor silk that is common to garnets. It is quite a decent size for a Malaya garnet and this gem would be absolutely magnificent as a ring stone. I am a big lover of the fancy coloured garnet and they always seem to be bright and cheerful gems.
	Stone : Rhodolite Garnet Colour : Red Item : #1458 Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2020 Design : Scarab Beetle Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 13.00 Carats Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included Size : 13.78X11.35X7.61mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST I really love how good this garnet looks carved as a scarab beetle. It's a classic combination, red garnet and the scarab beetle. I'm thinking that it will be amazing set with yellow gold as a ring or a pendant. It has been polished and the gem glows with a deep inner red fire. A truly beautiful stone!
	Stone : Tsavorite Colour : Green Item : #202143 Design : Emerald Cut Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 1.30 Carats Clarity : Very Slightly Included Size : 7.3X5.7X3.6mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST An intensely coloured natural tsavorite garnet that has been finished in the classic emerald cut design. A perfect gem for any jewellery setting.
	Stone : Spessartite Garnet Colour : Mandarin Orange Item : #202164 Design : Matched Pair of Pears Origin : Namibia Treatments : None Weight : 5.27 Carats Clarity : Very Slightly Included Size : 11.1X7.1mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST Here is something truly special... a matched pair of stunning spessartite mandarin garnets! The colour of these beautiful gems is simply outstanding, it really is, far better then the pics suggest. Orange spessartite garnets can be found but they often have a brown tint to them... these beauties however are intensely orange, with minimal brown if any. They caught my eye immediately and they transcend the ordinary orange into the rare grade of mandarin which is given to the finest hue. This rare matched pair of pear cut mandarin garnets will make a fabulous pair of earrings.
	Stone : Tsavorite Colour : Green Item : #202142 Design : Cushion Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 2.11 Carats Clarity : Very Slightly Included Size : 7.5X6.3X4.8mm Price : SOLD Green tsavorite garnets are among the rarest and most beautiful of the garnet family. Large stones are rare and anything over two carats is considered an excellent size. Tsavorites are often a vivid intense emerald-like green like this stunning gemstone.
	Stone : Spessartite Garnet Colour : Fanta Orange Item : #202025 Design : Oval Origin : Sri Lanka Treatments : None Weight : 6.87 Carats Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 12.3X9.5X7.4mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST This is truly a magnificent gemstone! It is a superb natural spessartite garnet with that amazing "fanta" orange colour. The pics don't come close to just how nice this garnet is. The colour in the hand is just what you want from an orange spessartite garnet, vivid and intense with a real orange hue. The colour, coupled with the clarity and size make this a true collectors stone and one that I would consider a fine investment quality gem. This is one that I very highly recommend.
	Stone : Rhodolite Garnet Colour : Pinkish Red Item : #150372 Design : Oval Origin : Madagascar Treatments : None Weight : 17.35 Carats Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 16X13.6X9.7mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST I’m a huge fan of large garnets, I think they are absolutely impressive gems, big garnets are something very special. This is a magnificent natural rhodolite garnet from Madagascar. The colour is deep and rich with the pinkish red that rhodolite is renown for. This is a large gemstone and it has been precision cut and superbly polished. This is a gem that I can easily see as a men’s signet ring stone set in yellow gold. That would be something to see.
	Stone : Malaya Garnet Colour : Pinkish Red Item : #150392 Design : Oval Origin : Madagascar Treatments : None Weight : 10.67 Carats Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included Size : 14.6X11.2X7.6mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST Here is a monster of a garnet! This beauty is a loose natural Madagascan malaya (malaia) garnet and is a truly outstanding gemstone. The colour and appearance are much nicer then the pictures suggest so if you like the pictures you will love the gem. This garnet has been precision cut and polished and finished beautifully. There is some very minor silk inclusions which are typical of garnets but they do not detract from the overall appearance of the gem at all. This is a very fine and large stone and if you are looking for a knock out dress or cocktail ring, this is the one for you. It is a fantastic gemstone and highly recommended.
	Stone : Rhodolite Garnet Colour : Raspberry Pink Red Item : #1270 Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2019 Design : Chrysanthemum Origin : Tanzania Treatments : None Weight : 3.87 Carats Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included Size : 8.81X8.82X5.62mm Price : POA The colour and intensity of this rhodolite garnet is just amazing. It is a beautiful stone and has the classic raspberry pink red colours that rhodolite ais famous for. This gem would add a bright flash of colour to a outfit, I think it would my a great lapel or tin pin. It has a cabbed rounded top and faceted pavilion. The gem has a sort of liquid-like look to it. Very nice.
	Stone : Garnet Colour : Crimson Red Item : #1213 Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2018 Design : Brilliant Pear Origin : Africa Treatments : None Weight : 7.71 Carats Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 14.48X11.22X7.75mm Price : PRICE ON REQUEST Comments : This is a very beautiful deep crimson red garnet from Africa. The colour is a rich deep hue, sultry and smoldering. I love the red garnets, there is something timeless and archetypal about them. A fine garnet indeed. In comparison of the saturation between this garnet and #1212, this one is darker.
	Stone : Garnet Colour : Red Item : #206 Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010 Design : Flanders Brilliant Origin : Africa Treatments : None Weight : 2.1 Carats Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included Size : 7x7x5mm Price : 290 Comments : A richly hued garnet cut in a classic square design. It has nice deep flashes of red and would make a great ring stone.

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Information For precious and semi precious gemstones

Stone : Garnet
Moh's Hardness : 6.5 - 7.5
Origin Locations : Minas Gerais, Brazil; Nigeria, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia, Africa; Madagascar; USA; India; Burma; Afghanistan; Pakistan; Prosten QLD, Fullerton River, QLD, Harts Ranges, NT, Australia
Treatments : None
Clarity : Eye Clean to Included
Color : Various shades of Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Brown
Cleavage : Indistinct
Crystal System : (Cubic) Rhombic, Dodecahedron, Icositetrahedron
Chemical Composition : Various
Refractive Index (RI) : Various
Density : Various
Birthstones : Garnet is the birthstone for January.
Garnet is the ayurvedic birthstone for January.
Garnet is the birthday stone for Tuesday.
Garnet is the zodiac stone for Aquarius.
Garnet is the stone for the 2nd anniversary

Comments : Garnets are quite a fascinating group of minerals once you get into them. Chemically they are complex and confusing and often very hard to clearly identify what a particular stone is... is it a pyrope, or rhodolite, or almandine? Garnets are found just about everywhere in the world and have a long and ancient history. They have long been popular as jewelry and the cystals much sort after by mineral specimen collectors.

Some of the more familiar types of garnets are :

Pyrope : Red to Brown, RI 1.720 - 1.756, Density 3.62 - 3.87, Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 Magnesium Aluminium Silicate. Name comes from the Greek word "fiery" and has always been a popular fashion stone, once called the "Bohemian Garnet".

Rhodolite : Red to Brown, RI 1.720 - 1.756, Density 3.62 - 3.87, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 Iron Aluminium Silicate. Rhodolite is a variety of Pyrope and has gained much popularity of late. Some of the nicest rhodolite comes from the Umba Valley in Tanzania and is called Umbalite.

Spessartite : Orange to Red-Brown, Fanta Orange, RI 1.79 - 1.82, Density 4.12 - 4.18, Mn3Al2(SiO4)3 Manganese Aluminium Silicate. It is believed that the name comes from the Spessart in Germany where it is found. Some amazing spessartite comes in a very bright fanta orange colour. Deposits of this material are very small and found in Namibia and Loliondo, Tanzania. This material also goes by the name Mandarin Garnet because of the colour, as well as being called Kunene Spessartine due to the primary source being in the alluvial deposits of the Kunene River between Namibia and Angola. You can see how confusing it can be with all these different names. This fanta orange spessartite garnet is very popular and for good reason... the colour is stunning with fabulous brightness and sparkles, plus this material is getting very rare as the deposits become mined out. Grab this material when you can because it won't be around forever.

Grossular : Green, Yellow, Brown, RI 1.734 - 1.759, Density 3.57 - 3.73, Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 Calcium Aluminium Silicate. Latin for gooseberry, grossular garnet cuts a very bright light gem. Apparently it has only been known since 1966 in gemstone quality. Varieties of grossular are : Hessonite - a cinnamon brown red orange stone; Hydrogrossular - is an opaque massive green variety, sometimes called Transvaal Jade and Garnet Jade; Leuco - is a colourless variety.

Tsavorite : Deep Green. Is a variety of grossular and perhaps one of the rarest and most expensive of all the garnets. This particular variety is a stunning rich green and tends to be only found in very small stones. Cut gems over 2 or 3 carats are considered scarce and are collector stones. The name Tsavorite was coined only recently in 1974 by Tiffany & Company after Tsavorite's discovery in the Tsavo National Park, Kenya. Tsavorite garnets are much sort after and compete easily with emeralds - plus they have the great advantage of not being treated (oiled) as virtually all emeralds are. Tsavorite gems have a higher brilliance, fire with lots of sparkles and are more durable. Emeralds are almost always heavily included whereas Tsavorite gems tend to be very clean.

Merelani Mint : Mint Green. This beautiful garnet is a variety of grossular and is closely related to Tsavorite. It is named for the Merelani Hills in Tanzania where it is found. This material is a lovely light mint coloured stone and like Tsvaorite is generally only found in small sizes. It has become very popular and demands a high price due to its scarcity. You can see an example of facet rough merelani mint garnet here.

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