Natural Hessonite Garnet
Beellow
Hessonite is the yellow-orange to reddish-orange variety of grossular garnet, distinguished by its warm colour and characteristic internal texture. Transparent material of sufficient size and clarity for precision faceting is significantly less common than smaller commercial stones.
Beellow is a 28.86 ct transparent pear, cut in a combined modified brilliant and step pattern. It is documented as natural grossular of the hessonite variety, with no detected treatments.
Rarity Score: 7.8 / 10
Reference stones
- Hessonite Garnet · Smithsonian Institution · 64.2 ct
- Hessonite Garnet · National Museums of Canada · 23.94 ct
- Hessonite Garnet · National Museums of Canada · 13.40 ct
Location: Stockholm · Private collection · JDBG GEMS
Mineralogy
Hessonite belongs to the grossular species of the garnet group. Its yellow-orange colour is associated with trace elements within the calcium-aluminium silicate structure.
Cut and scale
At 28.86 ct, Beellow preserves substantial visual scale in a pear outline while combining modified brilliant facets with step facets.
Treatment status
No treatments are recorded for this specimen.
Documentation
The recorded examination methods are microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy.