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Garnet
Hessonite
HindiGomed
✦One of the Navratna, traditionally associated with Rahu
A honey to cinnamon garnet. Under magnification it often shows a swirling, treacle-like texture that is typical of the stone.
- Mineral
- Grossular garnet
- Colour from
- Iron and manganese
- Hardness
- 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale
- Known sources
- Sri Lanka, India, Tanzania, Madagascar
What to look for
- A warm, bright orange-brown rather than a dull brown
- Good transparency for its size
- Rarely treated, which is part of its appeal
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.
Hessonite, to wear.
Ask whether a ring, pendant, stud earrings or a bracelet with hessonite is available, in gold, platinum or silver.