Hi Tony,
I couldn’t find a reference to them anywhere either. As a last
resort, I did a search on eBay to see if anybody was hawking them by
that name. Of course, we all know about eBay; there are sellers, and
there are sellers. There are probably more gemstone misnomers there
than in all of the industry combined, but at least I found one
person selling beads under the name “Vesonite.”
I clicked on the “Ask seller a question” link and got this response
from the seller, a Mr. Singh:
It is green garnet but deeperin color and much more clear than Grossular garnet
My guess is that it is a new or obscure trade name or misnomer. I
hope you weathered Charley well Tony, and that you find your
refractometer soon!
James in SoFl who was lucky enough to miss Hurricane Charley
completely.