This natural Malaya Garnet weighs 1.19 carats and is fashioned in a distinctive square octagonal brilliant cut, combining a strong geometric outline with a facet arrangement designed to enhance brilliance, colour and overall optical performance.
Measuring approximately 5.3 × 5.2 × 4.4 mm, the gemstone presents balanced proportions and useful depth, creating an attractive face-up appearance while retaining sufficient material for effective light return.
The stone displays a refined pinkish-purple body colour, combining warm and cooler colour components that are characteristic of certain Malaya Garnets. Its transparent body allows the brilliant-cut facet structure to interact effectively with light, producing lively internal reflections and a bright overall presentation.
The clarity is comparable to approximately VS1, with only limited natural internal characteristics visible under magnification. Minor Rutile-related or other mineral inclusions may occur within natural Garnet, but in this specimen they have relatively little influence on transparency or face-up appearance.
Malaya Garnet — also encountered under the spelling Malaia Garnet — is a gemmological trade variety used for garnets showing mixed chemical composition, commonly involving significant Pyrope and Spessartine components, with variable contributions from other members of the Garnet group. This compositional complexity can produce a broad and distinctive colour range including pink, peach, orange, reddish, violet and pinkish-purple tones.
This specimen is recorded as originating from Tanzania, Africa, an important source of Malaya Garnet and other gem-quality members of the Garnet group.
The gemstone shows good to very good cutting and symmetry, while very good polishing enhances its characteristic vitreous luster. The combination of clean transparency, balanced geometry and a brilliant facet arrangement gives the stone an attractive degree of brightness and visual refinement.
The gemstone is recorded as unheated, preserving its naturally observed colour and internal characteristics without documented heat enhancement.
With its attractive pinkish-purple colour, transparent body and distinctive square octagonal brilliant cut, this 1.19 ct natural Malaya Garnet combines unusual colour character with strong optical presentation. Its good clarity, very good polish and documented Tanzanian origin make it an appealing choice for custom fine jewellery or a carefully selected gemstone collection.
Composition: commonly Pyrope–Spessartine dominant, often with variable Almandine and minor Grossular components
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