Mandarin Garnet

A trade name applied to exceptional, vividly saturated orange spessartite garnets. The term gained prominence in the 1990s following the discovery of neon “Fanta” orange material in the Kunene region of Namibia, and subsequently in Nigeria. Because of its electric colour and the fact that the material is untreated, “Mandarin” garnet commands a premium over other spessartite.

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