This ring is crafted in 14K yellow gold and features 5=2.37ctw bezel set, Malaya garnets. The garnets are a combination of trillion cut, oval shape, and radiant cut. Accenting the garnets are 5=0.13ctw bezel set, Earth-mined round brilliant cut diamonds. This ring is made in size 7 ½ and finished in a bright polish.
Collector’s Note: Malaya Garnet
Malaya (or Malaia) garnet is one of the most intriguing garnets on the market—a gem that literally didn’t fit the rules. Discovered in the Umba Valley of Tanzania and parts of Kenya in the late 1970s, miners originally tossed these stones aside because they didn’t match any standard garnet category. Dealers called them “Malaya,” meaning “outcast” or “unwanted,” in Swahili. Today, that “unwanted” gem is one of the most sought-after garnets in the world.
Malaya garnet’s signature is its color range—a shifting blend of peach, blush, cinnamon, and rose tones, often with a glowing inner light. Fine specimens can even show subtle color change. Unlike treated stones, malaya garnet is 100% natural, valued for its honesty, rarity, and individuality. No two look alike. Collectors love Malaya for its story as much as its beauty: a gem that went from rejected to revered simply by being unmistakably itself.
Designed by Kelly Sternau
Designed and Manufactured at Croft & Stern in Maple Grove, MN
This ring is crafted in 14K yellow gold and features 5=2.37ctw bezel set, Malaya garnets. The garnets are a combination of trillion cut, oval shape, and radiant cut. Accenting the garnets are 5=0.13ctw bezel set, Earth-mined round brilliant cut diamonds. This ring is made in size 7 ½ and finished in a bright polish.
Collector’s Note: Malaya Garnet
Malaya (or Malaia) garnet is one of the most intriguing garnets on the market—a gem that literally didn’t fit the rules. Discovered in the Umba Valley of Tanzania and parts of Kenya in the late 1970s, miners originally tossed these stones aside because they didn’t match any standard garnet category. Dealers called them “Malaya,” meaning “outcast” or “unwanted,” in Swahili. Today, that “unwanted” gem is one of the most sought-after garnets in the world.
Malaya garnet’s signature is its color range—a shifting blend of peach, blush, cinnamon, and rose tones, often with a glowing inner light. Fine specimens can even show subtle color change. Unlike treated stones, malaya garnet is 100% natural, valued for its honesty, rarity, and individuality. No two look alike. Collectors love Malaya for its story as much as its beauty: a gem that went from rejected to revered simply by being unmistakably itself.
Designed by Kelly Sternau
Designed and Manufactured at Croft & Stern in Maple Grove, MN
