How do you pick a good garnet?

Vivid red garnets are the most desirable. See this pendant here. Garnets that are vivid red in color are more valuable than others, with a few exceptions such as the brilliant green varieties. Look for a vivid spectral red for the best types of garnets.

What is the best quality garnet?

The purest gem-quality pyrope ever discovered contained about 83\% pyrope, 15\% almandine, and about 2\% other garnets. The same is true for almandine and grossular. 80\% is about the purest you’ll encounter. However, andradite and spessartite garnets have been found as high as 95\% pure.

How can you tell a real garnet stone?

The color of the stone Garnets are known for their dense, saturated hues. Hence, a great way to distinguish a real gem from a fake one is to look at the color’s richness. If your stone is lighter, brighter, or more vivid, then it may be a fake.

What is the best cut for garnet?

Garnet Gemstone Varieties

• Star Cut. Taking its name from the vertical curve on top of the stone, Star Cut is a powerful tool for small-sized stones (<3mm).
• Diamond Cut. This is usually the best choice of facet cut for the simple reason that it allows the deepest sight into the stones heart.
• Checkerboard.
• Cabachon.

Do garnets scratch easy?

Can Garnet get scratched or crack? All gems can be scratched by anything of equal hardness or harder than. At 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 some garnets can be scratched by quartz at 7 hardness. Quartz is common in nature.

Are garnets worth any money?

Because they are available in so many different colours, garnet stone prices can vary dramatically. They tend to range from around $500 a carat with inclusions, up to around $7000 per carat for the larger, clean stones. The most valuable garnet is Demantoid and it’s priced near the top of the spectrum.

What is the most expensive garnet?

Tsavorite
Tsavorite is the highest priced garnet on the market today. In the lower, lighter colored grades it is relatively easy to come by in the up to the one carat size. However, fine, top color, clean Tsavorite is harder to come across, and stones over the two carats are rare, and the price per carat jumps dramatically.

Are garnets worth money?

Prices range from $500 a carat for good colors with some inclusions, to $2,000 to $7,000 for clean larger stones with top color. Demantoid garnet is the rarest and most valuable of the garnets and is one of the rarest of all colored gemstones. It is remarkable for its brilliance and fire.

Does garnet scratch easily?

Is garnet more expensive than Ruby?

Though both rubies and garnets are beautiful red stones, you really don’t want to confuse the two. However, rubies are considered one of the most valuable gemstones whereas garnets are, well, not. Rubies are harder, a much more brilliant red, and much more expensive.

Where is the best garnet from?

However the valuable Demantoid garnets which come from the Ural Mountains of Russia are the most prized and reach much higher prices than those found in Namibia or Zaire in Africa or parts of Europe….Garnet Price List.

Color	Weight range	Price range / USD
Tsavorite Garnet	2ct	$200 – $3000/ct