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a garnet so flashy it once impersonated diamond, then went full rainbow.

named forBrazilian mineralogist Jose Bonifacio de Andrada
demantoid varietygreenest garnet, outshines emerald with diamond-level fire
horsetail flawprized inclusions actually raise its value
rainbow typeiridescent specimens flash like oil on water
calcium ironchemistry packs iron into garnet's crystal cage
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