Episode 48: Garnet 101 

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I own a beautiful .95 carat emerald cut tsavorite I bought in Tucson one year. It is spectacular!

Very interesting. Thank you Paul.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I have been in the stone game for a while, and have been searching for more knowledge.

Thanks

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Thanks for the comment, Oumar. This is one of the great challenges in our business. Trying to identify the specific location where a gem came from. Sometimes it is easy to find trace elements that indicate a source. Other times, it is very difficult or even impossible to determine. First, the Gemological Institute of America frowns on any of us making a “sight I.D”. This means you can’t simply just look at a gem (or a video of a gem) and identify it. My advice is for you to find a gem laboratory that can do the proper tests. Tests can be relatively reasonably priced to identify it as corundum. However, if you want more sophisticated testing like a full spectrum analysis, it can cost a lot more. The good news is, if what you have is 120 kilos of corundum and it is gem grade, then you know it is valuable. On the other hand, if you had material that was identified as Kashmir sapphire you are in a whole different ballpark!

Hi Johanna, Sorry I haven't been regularly active on the site lately as my manufacturer wants me to sell his goods on QVC again. As you probably know I an a huge garnet fan. There is a huge difference between retail prices and wholesale prices. Most of my contacts are manufactureres and buy mainly from the the mines (in the rough) or from stone dealers they have worked with for a long time. Not sure where you are living, but my best advice is to get a booth at a gem show. There are many around the world and in the USA, the best in my opinion would be the Tucson Gem and mineral shows in January each year. Even if you don't get a booth, you can attend show and approach other exhibitors with your gems. Again, not as much as you would make selling it directly, but you could so well with your volume of great garnets! Good Luck!

Hi Joshua, let me get back to you with a detailed answer. We are currently in Belize as we await the completion of our home in Naples, FL. I will have more time in May

Do you have the time now?

Hi, love your videos' you make learning easy and interesting ! ~I was wondering" if you would be interested, in looking at some pictures' of some of the rocks I have found here in Alaska? Also" if you or any of yours, would like any of the rocks I found" I am willing to mail them to you... =] Thankyou for your time and knowledge! YouROCK (Alaskan Native from the Native Village of Dot Lake, Alaska)

Where is it from ? Where did you get it ? Thanks

Would you like to buy Some rough garnet from me? Contact me

The answer is....it depends. There are many factors that determine price. Are there visible inclusions to the naked eye? How big is the stone. A large clean stone is much more rare than a small clean stone. Also, some colors are more rare than others (for example the green tsavorite garnet). Buying a stone directly from a gem show-like the Tucson gem and mineral shows-anywhere between 50 cents to several dollars per carat, or even hundreds of dollars per carat depending on the rarity. That said, a typical almandine garnet stone will be a fraction of what you would spend for a ruby

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@sabrinarusch8397 You have a problem with someone pointing-out an error in what's supposed to be an "educational" video?