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| When you hear 'garnet,' classic red gems might come to mind, but the garnet family goes way beyond that. Garnets come in a whole spectrum – yellow, orange, green, even purple. The rarest of them are Tsavorite, the Green Garnet and Spessartine, aka Mandarin Garnet. |
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Spessartine garnet owes its orange color to manganese, but the exact shade depends on many factors: the gem's chemical composition, impurities, trace elements, and some random luck. Once in a blue moon, under very specific conditions, the gem's crystal structure achieves a perfect balance, resulting in an electric orange hue of a perfectly ripe mandarin. These are the Mandarin garnets, and they are extremely rare and valuable. |
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Tsavorite garnets get their flashy green color from chromium. However, the specific shade and intensity is influenced by other trace elements and geological conditions. Plus, the crystal structure of Tsavorite garnets selectively absorbs specific wavelengths of light, giving off an intense green hue. These gemstones' extreme rarity contributes to their high market value. Large Tsavorites are exceedingly scarce and often have higher prices than top-quality emeralds. |
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Both Tsavorite and Spessartine garnets are powerful gifts from the natural world; and German Kabirski loves incorporating them in his chaotic contemporary designs. Unlike traditional jewelry makers, we use them in wild state, untouched, uncut, and unpolished, to preserve their untamed energy and authentic beauty. Go through our collections - it's hard to choose, but what's your hue? |
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