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A pyrope garnet, one of a number that were given to me by ktmman a while ago - finally got round to faceting them
They aren't really this colour shade which makes them look like Rhodolite garnets in the photo, the camera wants to see intense red as a maroon sort of shade for some reason. As garnets often are, they are very dark so I cut them as shallow as possible. Garnet has a low critical angle, about the same as sapphire so you can get away with making the pavilion quite shallow. Culet angle was 37 degrees and the crown was the "Lowboy" version of a Standard Round Brilliant. I did try other shapes but the ordinary brilliant seemed to be the most successful at letting in the most light.
Here's hoping that the place gets re-opened someday.
They aren't really this colour shade which makes them look like Rhodolite garnets in the photo, the camera wants to see intense red as a maroon sort of shade for some reason. As garnets often are, they are very dark so I cut them as shallow as possible. Garnet has a low critical angle, about the same as sapphire so you can get away with making the pavilion quite shallow. Culet angle was 37 degrees and the crown was the "Lowboy" version of a Standard Round Brilliant. I did try other shapes but the ordinary brilliant seemed to be the most successful at letting in the most light.
Here's hoping that the place gets re-opened someday.