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INVESTIGATIONS

Stone

RI min

RI max

Dens min

Dens max

Colour

Location

Info

Spectrum

UVS

UVL

Reference

Andradite-grossular

1.754

1.768

3.58

3.64

emerald green, green

 

0.18-2.22 ct

absorption of blue and violet, band around 610nm

inert

inert

http://www.geminterest.com 2009

Andradite-grossular

1.755

1.774

3.58

4.19

yellowish-green

Mali

 

 

 

 

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gemmologischen Gesellschaft 1994 Dez, p105

Andradite-grossular

1.758

1.785

3.63

3.72

yellowish green to yellowish brown

Mali

83-70% grossular and 17-29% andradite;

 

 

 

Gemmologie, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gemmologischen Gesellschaft 1995 Mar, p17-24

Andradite-grossular

1.77

1.77

3.65

3.65

yellow-green

Mali

strong anomalous birefringence

band at 440nm, 600nm line

 

 

Gems & Gemology 1994 winter, p 265-266

Andradite-grossular

1.77

1.77

3.66

3.66

changing from greyish green in daylight to brown in incandescent light

 

1.79 ct

cut-off at 450 nm and band at about 590

inert

inert

Gems & Gemology 2003 Summer,p146

Andradite-grossular

1.774

1.774

3.67

3.67

green

Mali

5.5ct

 

inert

inert

ACAM lab  3776

Andradite-grossular

 

 

 

 

bicolor : brownish yellow+greenish yellow and bicolor : yellowish green+green-yellow

Mali

2.57ct and 1.22ct, chelsea : brownish red

415 nm cutoff, 440-450 nm band

inert

inert

Gems & Gemology 1997 Fall, p224-225

 

TABLES

Stone

RI min

RI max

Dens min

Dens max

Reference

Andradite-grossular

1.758

1.785

3.63

3.72

Tables of Gemstone Identification, Roger Dedeyne, Ivo Quintens, 2007 

Andradite-grossular 

1.769

1.842

3.63

3.78

Gemmo.eu 

 

CAUSE OF COLOUR

 

MINERAL INCLUSIONS

 

LOCALITIES

STONE

LOCALITIES

REFERENCE

andradite-grossular

 

 Nioro du Sahel Circle

Kayes Region

Mali

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gemmologischen Gesellschaft, 1994, Dez, p105