SPESSARTITE

Spessartite Garnets are mainly  seen in bright shades of intense orange or reddish orange. One type of Spessartite Garnet, newly discovered  from Namibia, is a bright orange shade of Spessartite, and,  is called Mandarin Garnet because of its true orange color. Truly clean bright orange Spessartite Garnets are rare,  especially stones over 5 carats. Most have at least minor inclusions.

 This Garnet was named the Spessartite Garnet as it was first found in the District of  Spessart in Bavaria in the 1990's.  It is also known as Spessartine Garnet.

The Spessartite Garnet was once the rarest gem among the Garnet group and was mainly a collector's gem.