PYROPE

Matched pair of Victorian Era Bohemian garnet clips

Species:  Pyrope
Group:  Garnet
Mohs Hardness:  7 to 7.5 out of 10
Color:  Medium to dark reddish orange, red through slightly purplish red to pale pink
RI:  1.730 to just over 1.750
Birefringence:  None
SR/DR/AGG:  SR, often with ADR
Clarity Type:  Type II
Pleochroism:  None
Spectrum:  Chrome Pyrope:  Band at 505nm plus broad absorption at 520 through 620nm.  Possibly fine lines in the red at 685 & 687nm.  Cutoff around 490nm.  Non-Chrome Pyrope:  Only the 505nm band and a cutoff at 490nm.
Fluorescence:  Inert
SG:  3.78 (+0.09 / - 0.16)
Routine Treatments:  None

Pyrope Facts

Gorgeous Edwardian Era antique Bohemian garnet bracelet

Pyrope is a variety of garnet known for its dark, pomegranate color.

Pyrope's name is derived from the Greek word, pyropos, which translates to "fire eyed" or "fire like".
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Garnets have been worn as jewelry for thousands of years!

The remains of many Egyptian Pharaohs were discovered, draped in beautiful garnet jewelry.

Pyrope deposits were found in Bohemia around 1500.

Pyrope jewelry reached the height of its popularity in the Late Victorian Era (late 1800s).

​Garnet is a January birthstone and is the 2nd wedding anniversary gemstone.​

Pyrope Gallery

​All photos courtesy of Scott Papper, GIA GG, AJP, CMA (NAJA)

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