I felt like cutting something fun, and wanted to keep with the garnets for a few more days. This is a new frosted star design I worked out, and this Umbalite Garnet was the perfect shaped stone for it. This one weighs 3.39 cts. and measures 8.82 mm. It’s a real bugger to photograph, it looks much nicer in person, and does have a lot of flash. All the white specs are dust, the stone is loop clean.



A small parcel of Mali Garnets arrived yesterday, and I just had to cut one. If you have never seen one of these in person, they look like yellow/green diamonds. The Mali Garnet has a tremendous amount of dispersion. This first one is 1.59 ct. and measures 7.09 mm.

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