Mahenge Garnet

[JewelledEscalators]

No silk in mine. Just little bubble like things.

 

[fredflintstone]

You obviously haven't seen my camera thread

Currently using a cheap Motorola phone in the interim.

No, I guess not. All I see is what you are showing here and I cannot tell from these pictures.

 

[fredflintstone]

No silk in mine. Just little bubble like things.

Negative inclusions. If the are colorless and look like tiny bubbles.

 

[JewelledEscalators]

Oh yes thats the iPhone 4s pics. Ok will try taking a better photo later.

 

[JewelledEscalators]

Negative inclusions. If the are colorless and look like tiny bubbles.

Yes thats what it looks like.

 

[T L]

Mahenge Spinel is just a trade name for Malaia Garnet found in Mahenge Tanzania, region.

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[fredflintstone]

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LOL! My mind is on Spinel. I meant Garnet. Fixed it!


Thanks!

 

[T L]

LOL! My mind is on Spinel. I meant Garnet. Fixed it!


Thanks!

Lol, my mind is always on spinel!

 

[thirdrock]

Mahenge Garnet is just a trade name for Malaia Garnet found in Mahenge Tanzania, region. They are always finding stones of some sort there. But I find them no more beautiful than Malaia Garnets mined elsewhere in Tanzania and the world. Just depends on the stone.

No, they did not stop mining Mahenge Garnet for Spinel. The beautiful red and pink Spinel’s are few and far between now in finding them.

Your pictures are too small for me to judge. Try closer for a larger picture on your fingers. Do not put the stone on the back of your fingers but on the front of your fingers. That way you can get a closer picture at a better angle, and it stop the stone from rolling off your fingers. Also, just try photographing the stone sitting by itself, that way we can see if there is silk in it.

I returned the garnet, but I did take more photos of it yesterday. I still like hearing opinions. It helps me learn what to look for. I have another one on the way. I’ll post pics of it when it arrives.

 

[fredflintstone]

I returned the garnet, but I did take more photos of it yesterday. I still like hearing opinions. It helps me learn what to look for. I have another one on the way. I’ll post pics of it when it arrives.

You know, other than the big picture is blurry, from what I can tell you Garnet looks perfectly fine to me. I have no idea what you paid for it. Too much, the right amount, or you got a crazy good deal, but you are the one that must love it and wear it. There is no right or wrong other people's opinions here. It is all subjective. You are the one who is seeing it in person, not us, and there is no substitute for that. If it makes you happy keep it. If not, return it. But it is what you think, not us.

 

[fredflintstone]

Oh, you returned the Garnet. Okay

 

[thirdrock]

Oh, you returned the Garnet. Okay

Thanks. If it wowed me, I would have kept it. If people here thought it looked good, I might have kept it. Neither was really the case, so I returned it. I’m hoping the next one is more of what I’m looking for.

 

[landscape]

Mahenge Garnet is just a trade name for Malaia Garnet found in Mahenge Tanzania, region. They are always finding stones of some sort there. But I find them no more beautiful than Malaia Garnets mined elsewhere in Tanzania and the world. Just depends on the stone.

No, they did not stop mining Mahenge Garnet for Spinel. The beautiful red and pink Spinel’s are few and far between now in finding them.

Your pictures are too small for me to judge. Try closer for a larger picture on your fingers. Do not put the stone on the back of your fingers but on the front of your fingers. That way you can get a closer picture at a better angle, and it stop the stone from rolling off your fingers. Also, just try photographing the stone sitting by itself, that way we can see if there is silk in it.

agree！ so called mahenge garnets and malaya garnets I have many samples, they are all in the same range, both in color range and refractive index, they are indistinguishable when put together

 

[fredflintstone]

agree！ so called mahenge garnets and malaya garnets I have many samples, they are all in the same range, both in color range and refractive index, they are indistinguishable when put together

And Malaia is much less expensive.

 

[landscape]

And Malaia is much less expensive.

Yes, the name mahenge will make buyers pay more money for nothing