Rhodolite Garnet

Rhodolite GarnetGarnet is beloved in the gem world as it is found in every color of the rainbow. Ive seen everything from colorless to black with every shade in between. Its rare to find a Garnet over 5 carats in weight, but this stone is more than double that size, weighing at in impressive 10. 51 carats! One of the problems with larger Garnet gems is that they become incredibly dark, where no color is visible. Despite its size, this large Cushion cut gem still

GEM quality / WATER CLEAR “floater” crystal of colorless Quartz from an area that RARELY produces Quartz of this quality

this cabinet sized display specimen is a quintessential Gilman sulfide / carbonate association piece

but it's almost always opaque

It seems that the value of Tsumeb specimens rises daily in this market

It has a defined arborescent form with tendril-like branching "arms" and beautiful three-dimensional appeal

It has a “Pear" cut with very slight inclusions clarity but perhaps the most intriguing part is that it features a strong glowing sapphire blue color (comparable to Hauyne) that is not often associated with Afghanite

orange and red

which is remarkable for the species

reticulated twinned crystal group

The gem shows excellent pleochroism with a combination of a soft reddish-orange hue and a light yellow-green tone face up

This is the only example of this material that we have

Only a very small percentage of the Augelites from Machacamarca are found in twinned crystals