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Gemological varietal name for certain colors of garnet
Malaia garnet or Malaya garnet is a gemological varietal name for light to dark slightly pinkish orange, reddish orange, or yellowish orange garnet, that are of a mixture within the pyralspite series pyrope, almandine, and spessartine with a little calcium. The name Malaia is translated from Swahili to mean, prostitute. It is found in east Africa, in the Umba Valley bordering Tanzania and Kenya. Wikipedia