[Jewelry making - Article 00661] - Re: [Orchid] Are these really Garnets?

[Thomaslizzieq]

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    Dear Oya, I went to see your site and the link from email did not
    work. You need to know that. I will try from copy and paste and see.
    Unfortunately, that does not connect either. 

    I have a question for you and others here concerning garnets. Some
    years ago to have a nice red pyrope garnet was not so difficult.
    Today, I see "Mozambique" garnets with more orange and less red. To
    find a nice pyrope is very difficult. Even almandite is not listed
    with many suppliers, going instead to the African garnets with more
    orange hiding in the brown and red or even overpowering other color. 

    Why is this? Where have the old almandite and pyrope garnets gone?
    Is this the marketplacefromt the supplier side dictating the
    availibility of the stones? I wonder.

Thanks for any input. Thomas.

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