This estate ring with rhodolite garnets is crafted in 14k yellow gold, weighs 6.4g and measures 16mm wide and 7.5mm deep. In impressive and timelessly elegant design, this alluring garnet ring is centered with a significant 1.36ct rectangular-faceted rhodolite garnet, measuring 6.92mm long and 4.98mm wide, graded a most delightful 'vivid purplish-pink' color and 'very good' clarity. Secured with four decorative yellow gold prongs, this vivacious center-stone is encircled by quatre-foil triangular faceted rhodolite garnets of matching grade cumulatively weighing 1.24cts. This attention-seeking assemblage of vividly-colored stones constitutes a gracefully inclined, stylized lozenge plaque, surrounded by a glowing rim of single-cut diamonds cumulatively weighing 0.26cts, graded K-M color range and SI1 clarity, adorning the gallery and the broad, meticulously ridged shoulders. The latter descend diminutively to form a spherical band and an easily sizable shank.

In gemological terms, garnet is the denomination for a group of more than ten different gemstones with a similar chemical structure. Although the color red is the one that occurs most frequently, there are also garnets showing different shades of green, pale to bright yellow fiery orange and fine earth-and–umbra nuances. Besides the wide palette of colors, the realm of garnets also possesses rarities such as asterism or atones which change their color from daylight to artificial light. Not only do garnets have many colors, they also have many names: almandine, andradite, demantoid, rhodolite, hessonite, and pyrope, to mention but a few. These names are assigned according to specific colors or different nuances within a specific color. The fiery red pyrope often showing a slight brownish nuance was a color much in demand in the 18th and 19th centuries. Rhodolite is a varietal name for rose pink to red pyrope, found in Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. The name is derived from the Greek for "rose-like", in common with many pink mineral types. Due to the relatively inclusion-free nature of garnet from this locality, rhodolite is being increasingly used as a semi-precious gemstone.

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