Spessartine in rhyolites in Colorado and Maine. In Madagascar, spessartines are exploited either in their bedrock or in alluvium. The orange garnets result from sodium-rich pegmatites. Spessartines are found in bedrock in the highlands in the Sahatany valley. Those in alluvium are generally found in southern Madagascar or in the Maevatanana region. Spessartine forms a solid solution series with the garnet species almandine. Well-formed crystals from this series, varying in color from very dark-red to bright yellow-orange, were found in Latinka, Rhodope Mountains, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. Spessartine, like the other garnets, always occurs as a blend with other species. Gems with
Gemstone Warrior Gemstone Warrior Gemstone Warrior is an action role-playing game written by Canadian developer Paradigm Creators for the Apple II and published by Strategic Simulations in 1984. It is an action-adventure title set against a 2D screen with the player controlling an armored figure that they would move from area to area in search of treasure and the pieces of the stolen Gemstone. "Gemstone Wariror" was SSI's first game to sell over 50,000 copies in North America. The game was ported to the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit family, and Macintosh. In addition, the games were ported to the N7 Japanese system.