Almandine Value & Market Price
A market-wide average across qualities and sizes. Your stone's value depends on carat, color, clarity, cut, treatment, and origin.
What is moving almandine prices
- Metal Prices: weighing on prices
About almandine
Almandine is the most common garnet species, typically appearing in deep brownish-red to purplish-red hues and often forming dodecahedral crystals. With hardness around 7–7.5 and good toughness, it is durable and widely used in both jewelry and industrial applications such as abrasives.
What is your almandine worth?
Market averages will not price your stone. GemstoneAI identifies gems and jewelry from a photo, checks authenticity and treatment signals, and gives you a real market valuation in seconds. Free to try.
How much is almandine worth?
The GemstoneAI market index for almandine is $38 per carat as of 2026-08-04. That is a market-wide average across qualities, not a quote for a specific stone. Individual value depends on carat, color, clarity, cut, treatment, and origin.
How can I tell if my almandine is real?
Visual tests alone are unreliable. GemstoneAI analyzes a photo of your stone for identity, treatment indicators, and authenticity signals, then estimates market value. It is free to try.
Is almandine a good investment?
Over the past 30 days the almandine index moved +0.4%. Gem prices move on supply, demand, and metal markets; treat any single stone as a collectible first and an asset second.