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Free Australia ShippingGreen garnets or demantoidA sub-variety of andradite and the moat valuable of the garnets, the colour ranges from dark green (hence sometimes miscalled "Uralian emerald") to yellowish-green (hence sometimes miscalled "olivine"). It is the most expensive and rare of garnet gemstones. It has many similarities with the diamond ("demant"), hence its name (meaning 'diamond-like'), but it ... More garnets which is the correct name were used quite a lot in EdwardianJewellery made in the Edwardian era (1901-1914). More and VictorianJewellery made in the the Victorian era (1839-1901). More jewellery. They were prized for their apple green colour and were sourced in Russia. After its discovery in 1868 in Russia’s Ural mountains, the demantoid rapidly proceeded to become a much desired gemstone, and was set in jewellery in the finest jeweller’s workshops in Paris, New York and St. Petersburg. First and foremost, Russia’s star jeweller Carl Faberg
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