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Large Red Garnet Gemstone

The ongoing debate about that garnet size can be considered to be 'large' is an interesting one. If you have followed the red garnet trail over the past 2 decades you will be aware of some very interesting happenings. Kaisilver, the world's leading online custom jewelry provider was at one time able to procure and custom cut a large number of red garnets in the 15 carat to 25 carat size range. But that was around 1990 to 1995. Red garnets did not become extinct after that but, some interesting things did happen.

As we moved 10 years forward into 2001, we noticed that larger red garnet gems referred to gems in the 4 to 6 carat size. So garnet gems did not disappear from the face of the earth, they will be around at least for another 4 to 6 decades. But what you will need to accept is that, very big red garnets are very rare today. The RGN-02 big garnet gem is referred to as 'big' for many reasons.

You should know that marquise shaped garnets are not very common. This shape involves high cutting weight losses, something that does not make it very profitable to the manufacturer. The size of this big garnet gem stone is an impressive 15mm x 9mm and it packs a weight of 5 carats. So it is the shape, size and weight that will easily put this red garnet in the league of 'large' gemstones.

If you are interested in red garnet gemstones, there is one mover very important thing that will make this gem even more desirable. The RGN-02 is untreated, it has a natural color and clarity. Given the fact that more than 70% of the gems used in jewelry today are treated, this untreated large red garnet comes on like a breathe of fresh air. Get to know more about this unique and big garnet stone at http://www.garnet.directstones.com/garnet-gems-ds-th-01.htm