0.5 Carat Malaya Garnet Hexagon - 5.6x4.4mm - Galaxy Cut

This listing is for the depicted gemstone. It can be purchased loose or can be reserved or bundled for a custom jewelry project

• 0.5 carats
• 4.6mm in length, 4.4mm in width, and 3.2mm in depth 
• Cut in my galaxy hexagon design
• Uncut gem sourced from Tanzania
• Unheated/untreated
• Eye clean! 
• Medium/medium light tone 

• I prefer this gem be purchased loose only. If you would like me to set this gem for you,  please be aware of the wait time! If you don't want to wait, I'm happy to recommend one of jeweler peers to make a setting for it. 

This is a very pretty open toned Malaya garnet. What is a Malaya garnet? Malaya in Swahili means out of family or outcast, basically anything that wasn't a definitive Spessartite, Grossular, Pyrope or Almandine garnet (relative to typical garnets coming from that region of East Africa). Most of the light open toned pink and pinkish orange garnets are referred to as Malaya and are Pyrope, Almandine and Spessartite mixes of some kind.  This one was actually sold to me as a "Tangawizi Malaya" meaning ginger colored garnet. 
This gem does have inclusions visible under magnification but its still gorgeous.