1.74 ct Purple Garnet-Rhodolite - Cushion

At 1.74 carats, this rhodolite garnet carries its purple color through a cushion cut, measuring 8.1 x 7 x 4.2 mm.

Rhodolite sits between pyrope and almandine, with a raspberry note the eye reads as livelier than either parent species. It carries no treatment of any kind, so the color you see is the color that came out of the ground. That is typical of garnet, one of the few gem families that reaches the market almost entirely untreated.

This is a center-stone-grade gemstone with a character of its own, chosen rather than settled for. Hand-selected and filmed by Caveman Gems in good light, shown as honestly as a screen allows.