...First, fill glass with Fanta--and only Fanta--orange soda pop. Second, plop gem purported to be a bonafide Mandarin stone into the glass. If it's the real deal, it will disappear. If it's got strong overtones of red or brown, you'll still see the gem.

Sure, it's not exact science. The stone might even be a fire opal, which also has that pure orange color many find so desirable nowadays. But Shah's point is clear. For a garnet to be considered a Mandarin sub-variety of spessartite, it's got to be Fanta orange the way true jadeite has got to...

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