Category Varietal name Crystal system cubic | Formula
(repeating unit) (Mg,Mn)3Al2(SiO4)3 Fracture conchoidal | |
Color light to dark slightly pinkish orange, reddish orange, yellowish orange Cleavage none, may show indistinct parting | ||
Malaia garnet or Malaya garnet is a gemological varietal name for light to dark slightly pinkish orange, reddish orange, or yellowish orange garnet, that are of a mixture within the pyralspite series pyrope, almandine, and spessartine with a little calcium. The name Malaia is translated from Swahili to mean, "one without a family". It is found in east Africa, in the Umba Valley bordering Tanzania and Kenya.
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