Garnet - Wikipedia
Garnets ( / ˈɡɑːrnɪt /) are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. All species of garnets possess similar physical properties and crystal forms, but differ in chemical composition.
Garnet Gemstone | Garnet Stone - GIA
Garnet includes affordable dark red varieties, rare and valuable greens, and many colors in between. Garnet clarity often depends on garnet type. Red garnets often don’t have eye-visible inclusions. Many garnets are cut into standard shapes and calibrated sizes to allow setting into manufactured jewelry.
The Diverse World of Garnets: A Deep Dive into the World's …
2021年11月8日 · Garnets are one of the oldest known gemstones and have been used since antiquity for both their beauty and hardness. The latter, in particular, made them useful to the ancients since garnet could easily be fashioned into an abrasive. These days, most of us know garnet as a deep red gemstone.
Garnet: The gemstone Garnet information and pictures - The …
Garnet is a very popular gemstone, and is the most well-known dark red gemstone. Red Garnet gemstones (Almandine and Pyrope) are very affordable and faceted into all types of jewerly, including necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings.
Garnet Description - GIA
Garnets are a set of closely related minerals that form a group, resulting in gemstones in almost every color. Red garnets have a long history, but modern gem buyers can pick from a rich palette of garnet colors: greens, oranges, pinkish oranges, deeply …
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet - TheCollector
2023年8月22日 · Garnet is a semi-precious gemstone whose history and mythology is as varied and vivid as its colors. In recent years garnet has been endowed with a rather lackluster reputation, known only as January’s semi-precious birthstone.
Garnet History and Lore - GIA
Discover the meaning and history of garnet, the January birthstone, and where it can be found.
Garnet Minerals | Properties, Occurrence, Formation and Uses
2024年7月1日 · Garnet refers to a group of minerals that share a common crystal structure but come in a variety of colors and compositions. These minerals belong to the nesosilicate family and have a general chemical formula of X3Y2 (SiO4)3, where X and Y are elements that can vary.
Garnet Gem Guide and Properties Chart - Gemstones.com
Garnet is a group of minerals that is made up of six species: pyrope, almandine, spessartine, grossular, andradite, and uvarovite. All garnets crystallize in the cubic system, but the chemical compositions vary.
Interesting Facts About Garnet - Sciencing
2017年4月24日 · Garnets, best known as gemstones by most people, are a mineral group with chemical and physical properties which are closely related to one another. Six main garnet types are used for gemstones: almandine, andradite, grossularite, pyrope, spessartine and uvarovite. Almandine garnets are the most common and frequently used gem.