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GARNET 263

Belle-Epoque pendant brooch | This

brooch, dating from around 1910, features

a yellow sapphire surrounded by green

demantoid garnets.

Cartier ring | This 18-karat gold ring from

the Paris Nouvelle Vague collection, shown

here from above, is set with 120 yellow

garnets and yellow sapphires.

Antique cross | This Victorian silver

cross is set with 10 larger rose-cut

garnets, surrounded by a number of

smaller rose-cut garnets.

Demantoid crab brooch | This vivid,

18-karat gold brooch in the shape of a crab

is pavé-set with demantoid garnets and

features old-cut diamonds.

Hessonite and platinum ring | This

platinum ring mounts an oval-cut hessonite

garnet flanked by diamonds set in the

form of a knot.

Spessatite pendant | Set in platinum,

this pendant features an oval-cut spessatite

surrounded by 14 round-cut diamonds, with

a suspended diamond.

Bulgari watch | This 18-karat gold watch

has three circles of diamonds set with

amethyst, aquamarine, chrysoprase,

tourmaline, and two hessonite garnets.

Spessatite garnet

Hessonite garnet

Hessonite garnet

Rose-cut garnet Diamond border

Chrysoprase

White diamonds Brilliant-cut diamonds

Rhodolite and diamond brooch | Set

with blood-red, rectangular and square-cut

rhodolite garnets, this striking Art-Deco

brooch was made around 1930.

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