Malaia Garnet plain oval beads exhibit a near Rhodolite color, high quality make, a deeply saturated reddish purple hue. This hybrid Pyrope-Spessartite mixture known in the trade as Malaia Garnet is found in a range of hues, it can easily be mistaken for Rhodolite, Hessonite, or Spessartite. Malaia Garnet was first discovered in the early 1970's in the Umba River valley border of North Tanzania and Southern Kenya. AA Quality