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Garnet
Garnet
AlsoRhodolite, Almandine, Pyrope, Spessartine
A family of related minerals rather than a single stone. Wine-red almandine and pyrope, raspberry rhodolite and orange spessartine are the best known.
- Mineral
- Garnet group
- Colour from
- Iron, manganese and chromium
- Hardness
- 6.5 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale
- Known sources
- India, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Mozambique
What to look for
- A bright colour that does not turn black in low light
- Good transparency
- Rarely treated
CareReasonably durable. Clean with warm, soapy water.
General guidance about the stone. Each actual stone is described individually, with its own photographs and any laboratory report, when you enquire.
Garnet, to wear.
Ask whether a ring, pendant, stud earrings or a bracelet with garnet is available, in gold, platinum or silver.