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live November 15 | 12:30 PM
Valorum Art

13 - Garnets -

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Estimation

CHF 300 - 600 (€320 - 650)

Sale fees

25%

Garnets - Mineral type: Natural silicate, Garnet variety (probably Almandine or Pyrope). Condition: Lumps, fragments, and chips of material. Free-form, asymmetrical, and irregular shapes (such as “nuggets” or “baroque” pieces) with polished surfaces. Some faces show micro-impact marks and small residual irregularities. Color: Very dark red to black in mass (very intense saturation). Reveals a vivid and distinct “blood red” to “brick red” hue through translucency along fine edges and under direct light. Clarity: Translucent to opaque. Presence of dense inclusions, internal veils, and typical growth lines or natural fractures, visible beneath the polished surface. Surface appearance: Glassy to brilliant luster across all polished faces, alternating with a few decompression microcracks opening to the surface. Weight: 132.90 g.

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Auction details

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Sunday, November 15
12:30 PM
30, route François-Peyrot
1218 Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland

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Valorum Art +41 2 25 25 38 20 encheres@valorum.art
On Drouot for 9 years avec More than 10,000 lots published

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