Malaya garnet is a variety of garnet, a mixture of pyrope and spessartine. It was discovered in the Umba River valley on the border of Tanzania and Kenya, hence the second name of this stone – umbalite.
Malaya garnet is a variety of garnet, a mixture of pyrope and spessartine. It was discovered in the Umba River valley on the border of Tanzania and Kenya, hence the second name of this stone – umbalite.