What are Czech garnets?
Czech garnets—also known as Bohemian garnets or Prague garnets—are deep red Pyrope gemstones. The finest garnets have been mined in the Czech Republic for several centuries.
What are Bohemian garnets?
The term “Bohemian garnets” is an established trade name for dark red pyrope crystals originating from the Czech Republic. The pyropes has a fiery red color caused by a small Cr2O3 content.
How do you identify Bohemian garnet?
The color ranges from fiery-red to ruby-red. The Bohemian garnet also possesses excellent clarity, transparency, and has a high refraction of light. This means that the stone has a remarkable sparkle and what has been described as an “inner glow”.
What is Czech Moldavite?
Moldavite (Czech: vltavín) is a forest green, olive green or blue greenish vitreous silica projectile glass formed by a meteorite impact probably in southern Germany (Nördlinger Ries Crater) that occurred about 15 million years ago. It is a type of tektite.
What countries are garnets found in?
Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka is a major supplier of rhodolite garnet, the common deep reddish purple variety of the gemstone. India – Red garnets can be found in Orissa, India. Myanmar – Rare and beautiful reddish orange spessartine garnets can be found in Myanmar. Several other varieties are also mined here.
Where does the best garnet come from?
Red garnets are relatively common. Green garnets are much more rare: tsavorite is mined almost exclusively in Tanzania and Kenya. In Victorian times, a large find of green demantoid garnet was discovered in Russia but it’s very rare today. Both types of green garnet are thousands of dollars a carat.
Is Czech Moldavite real?
How much moldavite is left in the world?
275 tons
The total amount of moldavite scattered around the world is estimated at 275 tons. There are three grades of moldavite: high quality (often referred to as museum grade), medium quality and regular grade. All three grades can be told apart by their appearance.