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. In Swahili, Malaia means "out of the family", a reference to how this variety was initially set aside by miners looking for gem quality rhodolite. It is found in east Africa, in the Umba Valley bordering Tanzania and Kenya.