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Garnet is a group of minerals that belongs to the group of silicates.
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Garnet, the name comes from the Latin word 'granatus' meaning seed, as the individual crystals resemble seeds.
The group of garnets contains over a dozen different varieties of precious stones. The main difference between the garnets is the different color. Although the red tint is most common, there are also garnets of other colors: green, yellow, orange or blue. The variety of colorful varieties surpasses most other minerals. Many of them are very rare and extremely beautiful. There are several main types of garnet used in the manufacture of jewelry: pirop, almandine, hessonite, spessartine, grossular, rhodolite, andradite and uvite. The most famous of these varieties are the red ones: almandine and piropy.
Pirop garnet is the only one that is always red in color. It is one of the most popular of the entire group of garnets used in jewelry, and its name comes from the Greek word 'pyropos' , meaning similar to fire.
Occurrences: Czech Republic, India, Maurutania, Germany, Russia, South Africa, United States.
Almandine garnet is very popular garnet, also known as Ceylon ruby and was already popular in Roman times. The name was given by a Roman scholar, Pliny the Elder, who called it 'alabandicus' linking the name to the place where the stone was found, Alabandyn in present-day Turkey.
Almandine contains aluminium and iron, and its color is caused by the presence of iron. While garnets are common in metamorphic and some igneous rocks, almandine is the most common garnet found in shale and gneiss. Transparent almandines are popular in jewelery, although they are quite brittle and the polished edges crumble easily. Nevertheless, it is the hardest of the garnets and can withstand heavy use. The prettiest specimens have a clean and uniform color. They are said to give depth and spirituality to human relationships.
The Almandine is usually darker than the Pirope, but because they are close together, most of the Red Garnets are hybrids of both stones. Both pure almandines and pure pyropes are extremely rare. In fact, the formation of spessartine, almandine and pyrope is closely related as spessartine containing magnesium gives iron to almandine or magnesium to pyrope.
Occurrences: India, Norway, Pakistan, Russian, United States , Sweden , Italy, Zimbabwe.
Garnet in astrology: Vedic astrology links garnet with the planet Rahu (Hessonite garnet). Western astrology links garnet with the zodiac sign of Scorpio, with the month of January, and with the day of Tuesday.
Magic and mysticism: According to beliefs, the garnets protects against evil, brings success and peace. Also known as a love stone, especially when given.
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