Spessartine are orange garnets. They are among the more valuable garnets. Once only a collector’s stone, they are gaining popularity in unique jewelry peices.
The Most Valuable Spessartine
The most valuable spessartine has perfect clarity and a perfect cut, and most importantly a glowing orange color. A spessartine of this quality over 3 carats would be considered quite large and be very valuable.
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| Low Value: This spessartine is of low value because of its dull, brownish color. It also has very poor clarity: we can see large cracks and imperfections inside the stone. Though it is rather large (about 2 carats), it is not very valuable | Medium Value: This spessartine has very poor clarity. Rather than a few large, noticable inclusions, it has several tiny inclusions that give it a milky, hazy appearance. Though its clarity is poor, it is still more valuable than the stone to the left because of its delicious orange color. | High Value: This is a very nice spessartine. Its best features are its color and relative clarity.It has a deep bright orange color. It does have some slight inclusions, but its clarity is much better than the previous two stones, making it worth much more. | Highest Value: Here is a spessartine that has it all. Its color is a rich, glowing orange; it has perfect clarity AND it has a perfect cut. See how well it sparkles and reflects light compared to the others? |
