Is Purple Garnet Rare

Purple Garnet is a rare hybrid garnet found in East Africa. The finest material, from Mozambique, has an amazing vivid purple hue with red flashes. These rare gems display a color change from grape grape to cranberry cranberry with magenta flashes.

What is the rarest color of garnet?

The rarest Garnets are peach, green and clear. The red Garnets are more common.

Where is purple garnet from?

Figure 1. These purple pyrope-almandine garnets are from Manica Province of Mozambique.

Sarah Jenkins

Sarah Jenkins

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