5.59 ct. Star Garnet
Color: Very Dark Red
Clarity: Semi-Translucent
Origin: Unknown
Cut: Round Cabochon
Treatments: None
Measurements: 9.3 mm
A classic 4-ray star Garnet with good color and a nice polish. These always require a decent amount of light to produce the star, but it is quite respectable here. Rather entrancing is the way the star is so nicely parceled out among the individual flashes from the Rutile needles that cause it; the effect is very different from, say, a star Sapphire. Nice size and not expensive.