#spessartine

[geologyin-blog]

Pristine spessartine garnet with quartz and muscovite—flawless crystals, brilliant luster, and textbook-perfect morphology from all angles.

Video: Durrani Fine Minerals

[dozydawn]

[startist-77]

More of Spessartine btw

I thought that a normal visor (like the other garnet ones) would be boring ate her, this crystal mask was the best way i found.

[thejawsdevour]

The Serpent Thread (Australian) - Veneficium: Foxglove (hand embroidery with cotton and metallic thread, garnet and spessartine garnet beads on cotton, custom wooden frame with labradorite cabochon, 2026)

[toyastales]

Geology Rocks: Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz

https://toyastales.blogspot.com/2024/10/geology-rocks-spessartine-garnet-on.html

[pretty-gems]

Spessartite (and all its variants)

Spessartite (also known as Spessartine) is a fiery coloured variant of garnet with gorgeous warm colours in all shades of reds, oranges and yellows. It is a manganese rich gem which is the cause for its warm colouring. It also has a hardness of 6.5-7.5 and is a manganese-aluminum silicate mineral. Spessartite gets its orange colour from the presence of manganese as well as iron traces at times, making the gem have a deeper colouring. This gem seemed to be first described after being found in Germany in the late 17th century by German chemist Martin Klaproth, calling the gem “granatförmiges Braunsteinerz” meaning “garnet-shaped brownstone ore” according to translation. Roughly 30 years later the name was officially changed to ““spessartite” by French mineralogist François Sulpice Beudant, named after where it was discover, the Spessart mountain range in Bavaria, Germany. This gem is primarily mined in contours such as: Nigeria, Tanzania, and Namibia, as well as other notable localities being California(USA), Brazil and madagascar. Spessartite symbolises vitality, confidence and creativity.It is heavily associated with the Sacral (second), Root and Solar Plexus “chakras”/energy sources.

General Spessartite images ( These are not my own nor am I 100% on if these are under public domain, please let me know if they are not. )

Spessartite Variants

Mandarin Garnet- Mandarin Garnet is a vibrant variety of Spessartite known for its bright neon orange colour, which is caused by high amounts of manganese. This variation was first found early 1990s in Namibia. It gained popularity in the 1990s due to its vivid colour and quickly became a highly sought after gem for jewellery and personal collections.

Malaya/Malaia Garnet- This gem is a well known Pyrope-Spessartite blend originating from East Africa and is currently mined in Tanzania and Kenya, more specifically the The Umba Valley which borders between both countries. The name “Malaya” seems to originate from the Swahili word meaning “outcast” due to it not fitting into any “well-defined market categories” causing it to be considered worthless at the time.  This gem is found in a range of colours from warm tones of pinks,reds and oranges.

Colour-Changing Spessartite Garnet- Colour-changing Spessartite Garnets are as the name suggests, a colour-changing variation of Spessartite. The most common variation of colour-change garnet is a Spessarite-Pyrope blend but can be found as other garnets. The colours can shift in different lights such as daylight lighting, incandescent lighting or the way light behaves with traces of other minerals such as Vanadium and Chromium. This colour-changing effect is also known as the “alexandrite effect,” which is a different gem which will be looked more into another time. I am not confident enough with explaining how the wavelengths of light  work to give an accurate explanation unfortunately.

Images! These are not my own nor am I 100% on if these are under public domain, please let me know if they are not.

Images in order of-Mandarin Garnet and Malaya/Malaia Garnet

"Blue-Green Pyrope-Spessartine Garnet with High Vanadium" from gia.edu

This information is not my own nor are the images, I am not an expert. It was all found from various websites. If this actually gets seen feel free to ask for the websites I use and I will comment all the links. Please let me know if any information is incorrect and provide links to resources if possible :)

Same mini note as last time- Please let me know if anything is written weirdly I can say with confidence that this has NOT been proof read.

Notes :D

Yuhhh I decided to write all of this in one night (it is currently 1:30am so please forgive any spelling or grammar mistakes). It did only take me a couple hours though so hey it's a win in my books. I didn't get round to writing over the weekend to due a never ending headache but it's finally done! And with this now done I can finally get back to the biggest distraction which I spend time on rather than researching rocks....................playing marvel rivals.

Thank you all for reading! :D

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the dauntless inferno

[oldearthminerals]

Spessartine Garnet Specimens, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan