Garnet Classification

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What is the name of the grossular species that has a transparent orange to cinnamon-colored variety?

  • Tsavorite
  • Rhodolite
  • Demantoid
  • Hessonite (correct)

Which of the following is a characteristic of garnet and spinel?

  • Singly refractive (correct)
  • Pleochroic
  • Triply refractive
  • Doubly refractive

What is the most valuable red garnet?

  • Almandine
  • Spessartine
  • Pyrope
  • Rhodolite (correct)

What is the primary source of rhodolite since the 1960s?

<p>East Africa (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the color of tsavorite?

<p>Green with a slight amount of blue (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the coloring agent of color-change garnets?

<p>Vanadium (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the variety of andradite that is colored by a mixture of chromium and iron?

<p>Demantoid (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of many garnets?

<p>They are mixtures of two or more garnet species (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are huge numbers of dark-toned, reddish brown, calibrated pyrope-almandine garnets used in inexpensive, mass-market jewelry?

<p>They are abundant and inexpensive (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the origin of tsavorite?

<p>East Africa (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the reason cutters do not need to consider pleochroism when working with garnet and spinel?

<p>They are singly refractive. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the common characteristic of most red garnets, including rhodolite?

<p>They are mixtures of pyrope and almandine. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic used to classify garnets?

<p>Optical and physical properties. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of East Africa in the context of rhodolite?

<p>It is the primary source of rhodolite since the 1960s. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are tsavorite and color-change garnets valuable?

<p>Tsavorite is colored by vanadium, and color-change garnets are pyrope-spessartine mixtures. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of spinel in the history of gemology?

<p>Historically important red gems, long identified as ruby, were recognized as spinel in the 1800s. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of demantoid?

<p>It is the transparent green variety of andradite, colored by a mixture of chromium and iron. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are pyrope-almandine garnets used in inexpensive, mass-market jewelry?

<p>Huge numbers of dark-toned, reddish brown, calibrated pyrope-almandine garnets are available. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Garnet

  • Hessonite is a transparent orange to cinnamon-colored variety of the grossular species of garnet.
  • Garnet is singly refractive, eliminating the need for cutters to consider pleochroism.
  • Most red garnets, including the popular rhodolite, are mixtures of pyrope and almandine.
  • Rhodolite is the most valuable red garnet, characterized by a dark purplish red to light reddish purple hue.
  • Garnets can be a mixture of two or more garnet species.
  • Gemologists classify garnets by their physical and optical properties.

Spinel

  • Historically, many red gems identified as ruby were recognized as spinel in the 1800s.

Tsavorite

  • Tsavorite is a type of garnet colored by vanadium, with the best quality being pure green or green with a slight amount of blue.
  • Tsavorite is mostly mined in East Africa.
  • Large tsavorite rough is extremely rare, resulting in a significant increase in value between small and large fashioned stones.

Demantoid

  • Demantoid is the transparent green variety of andradite, colored by a mixture of chromium and iron.

Garnet Trade

  • East Africa has been the most important source of rhodolite since the 1960s.
  • Many dealers sell garnets based on color or origin, rather than physical and optical properties.
  • Huge numbers of dark-toned, reddish brown, calibrated pyrope-almandine garnets are used in inexpensive, mass-market jewelry.

Garnet

  • Hessonite is a transparent orange to cinnamon-colored variety of the grossular species of garnet.
  • Garnet is singly refractive, eliminating the need for cutters to consider pleochroism.
  • Most red garnets, including the popular rhodolite, are mixtures of pyrope and almandine.
  • Rhodolite is the most valuable red garnet, characterized by a dark purplish red to light reddish purple hue.
  • Garnets can be a mixture of two or more garnet species.
  • Gemologists classify garnets by their physical and optical properties.

Spinel

  • Historically, many red gems identified as ruby were recognized as spinel in the 1800s.

Tsavorite

  • Tsavorite is a type of garnet colored by vanadium, with the best quality being pure green or green with a slight amount of blue.
  • Tsavorite is mostly mined in East Africa.
  • Large tsavorite rough is extremely rare, resulting in a significant increase in value between small and large fashioned stones.

Demantoid

  • Demantoid is the transparent green variety of andradite, colored by a mixture of chromium and iron.

Garnet Trade

  • East Africa has been the most important source of rhodolite since the 1960s.
  • Many dealers sell garnets based on color or origin, rather than physical and optical properties.
  • Huge numbers of dark-toned, reddish brown, calibrated pyrope-almandine garnets are used in inexpensive, mass-market jewelry.

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