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Kees,
Yep,they are there. It takes the right lighting and magnification but the garnets are in there.


I will make a post about the availability of these in USA in the vendors area later...

Kees,
The Thuringer (Eschers, Dorescher, etc..) and the Belgians should show the tiny reddish flecks under reasonable magnification. On Belgians they look rather random in some cases but on the...

Kees,
Under a microscope at 30 to 60x both do appear to have garnets as the cutting agent. I will confirm with the quarry tomorrow.

The first shipment will be 2x8 and 3x10 stones retailing...

They seem to be comparable, no real advanatge one way or the other as somethimes happens with Belgians. I may also have a small supply of the vintage stones available as well that were still in...

My first shipment of Thuringen stones will arrive later this week. These are the same composition as the early Eschers. The first batch is only a dozen stones but more will follow every few weeks.
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