Post subject: Re: Weird color change/shift garnet--cc usumbara??
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 5:54 am
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gembug wrote:
I experienced the same thing with a parcel of cc garnets from Tanzania. I was confused enough to send a few pieces to Barbra to put through her Raman. They came back as pyralspite garnet - I'll have to come back here to post the link to that thread.
So to recap - the cc garnet appears green or bluish in transmitted light when viewed across the shorter dimension, and shows reddish in the same transmitted light when viewed through the long dimension. Like the tourmaline umbasara effect, but is it the same?
-Allan
Allan, thankyou for the very informative post. Yes your recap is correct. Perhaps I jumped the gun assuming it was usumbara effect It just looks very similar effect wise
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