Demantoid is a highly valued andradite garnet. It exhibits a range of greens from dull to bright emerald green and on rare occasions displays yellow. On Mohs’ scale of hardness, demantoid is relatively soft at 6.5. It has an adamantine luster and sources include China, Korea, Russia, the United States, and Zaire.
Color
Demantoid exhibits a range of greens from dull to bright emerald green and on rare occasions displays yellow. |
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