1.6600 Cts of Red Garnet in a hex-cab Cut

6.75 mm, Red Garnet-hex-cab
Pyrope red color, buff-top cab beauty!

• Dealer Offering Item for Sale: New Directions - Gems

  Gemstone Facts:

  Name is derived from the Latin for gooseberry. It can be confused with emeralds and demantoid. All species of garnets possess similar physical properties and crystal forms, but differ in chemical composition. The different species are pyrope, almandine, spessartine, grossular (varieties of which are hessonite or cinnamon-stone and tsavorite), uvarovite and andradite.

• Garnet Specifications:
  • Gem Species: GARNET
  • Hardness: 7 -
  • Density: 3.7
  • RI: 1.75 -
• Size: 6.75 (D) mm
• Cut: hex-cab
• Calibrated Gemstone: No
• Carat Weight: 1.6600 Carats TCW
• Grade: Cab AAA+
• Clarity Breakdown: Loupe clean meaning that no inclusions are seen using 10x magnification.
• Cutting Breakdown: Brilliance cut. Stone has equal and symmetrical facting with proper cutting angles "critical angle" but depth is off a little.
• Carat Breakdown: Average in Carat Weight for this size stone (+/- 5%)
• Photo Clarity Breakdown: Color is Excellent & True, Image is Sharp, & Background Not True -gemstone color refraction visible & effects Clarity of the Photo.
• Photo Taken with Flash.
• Photo shows Multiple views of gemstones.
• Pricing based on single gemstone.
• Photo shows flash from the camera.
• Photo shows flash on the facet sides of the gemstone.
• Note: Photo taken with cloth background.
• The cut is something special.
• Very Clean the Photo doesn't do the gemstone justice.
• Note: Gemstone is close to a Calibrated Size “7mm Hex” and most likely will fit a standard setting. Most standard setting will work with + or - .25mm..
• We grade each gemstone for Color, Clarity, cut, and Carat weight. We try to define / analysis each gemstone and photo taken (all photo are of the gemstone itself not a general stone photo) to help you make a better decision.
• These photos are intended to provide you with an accurate visual representation of the gem.
• Photo's taken with a macro lens, which may make the gemstone look larger in some views..
• Combining of views also may make gemstone look different sizes.
• Click on the photo to enlarge photo for better detail.