"Garnet Bodice Front Brooch"
Brooch forming the front of a bodice in 800°/00 silver half articulated set with oval faceted almandine garnets alternated with half freshwater pearls Work from Eastern Europe from the 1860s Dimensions: 6 x 3.2 cm Gross weight: 9.32 g Do you know almandine garnets? The almandine is a variety belonging to this great family that constitute the garnets. Pyrope, pyraldin revolve around red, pink color ranges while grossular garnets or tsavorites are on the green color side. This family of stones is surely the most complex but also the most exciting of the gem families. 
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