Spectacular fire and color on this Spessartite Garnet mined and faceted in Sri Lanka. This garnet is cut in the always desirable emerald octagon cut which I think amplifies its radiance and gives it that classic appeal. Did you know this reddish orange mineral got its name from Spessart, Bavaria, in Germany where it was first discovered. One of the rarer garnets, it is an idiochromatic gem, which means it is colored by a fundamental element – manganese in its composition rather than impurities. With a hardness of 6.5 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale it exhibits an excellent brilliance and sparkle,
