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What is Fanta Stone?
Orange is a symbol of warm sunshine and a popular color. Among the many colors of garnet, there is a faint warm orange, which comes from garnet, which is a very beautiful and popular variety in colored gems in recent years. Manganese aluminum garnet used to be called orange garnet. In recent years, the manganese aluminum garnet in the gem market is also called Fanta stone, which is named because its excellent color can approach our common orange Fanta soda. \ x0d \ x0d \ Fanta stone is a kind of manganese-aluminum garnet with gem quality grade. From the name, you can think that the manganese element contained in this garnet is its characteristic, but the coloring element of garnet is also closely related to the column element. When the iron content is high, it will be orange-red and brown-red, and when the iron content is low, it will be golden orange like citrus. Bright golden orange is. But no matter what color lasts, when the unique high refractive index of garnet is combined with the gorgeous color of Fanta stone, its beautiful appearance will definitely touch your heart. \ x0d \ x0d \ Fanta stone ore is generally small in size, and even fewer can reach the gem level. Fanta gems over 3 carats are very rare. The origin of Fanta stone is mainly in Africa, and Namibia is recognized as the origin of high quality Fanta stone. China and Altai in Xinjiang also produce manganese aluminum garnet. Although large crystals can be mined, they rarely reach the quality of gems. The rarity and beauty of Fanta stone determine that it is a very valuable gem variety.