Czech Republic · Gemstone cutting; Jewellery; Bohemian heritage
České Granáty — Turnovská Brusičská Tradice
The Bohemian garnet cutting tradition of Turnov — the production of the distinctive Czech pyrope garnet jewelry whose specific deep red-violet color (the rarest and most valuable variety of garnet) has been cut in the Turnov region since the 16th century. The Turnov brusič reads the correct pyrope garnet facet quality through a face-up color saturation assessment — holding the cut stone face-up under daylight and reading the specific deep red-violet saturation that indicates correct facet angle proportions for the pyrope color profile.
Risk level: Stable · Not listed; Bohemian garnet tradition on the Czech national heritage inventory
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