Even though there are many types of garnets (including trade hand historic, there are currently 38 known garnet names), appearing in as many colors, when you say garnets, most people automatically think of small, dark red gemstones. In fact, garnets offer enough variety for every taste and you can consequentially keep up with the last pace of change in fashion.
Andradite, Champagne, Color-Change, Demantoid, Hessonite, Malaia, Mali, Merelani Mint, Mozambique, Pyrope, Rhodolite, Spessartine, Star , Tsavorite, Umbalite
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Garnet |
January’s Birthstone |
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Major Sources |
India, Kanya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Russia, Sri Lanka & Tanzania |
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Colors Found |
Various |
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Family |
Garnet |
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Hardness |
6.5 – 7.5 |
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Refractive Index |
1.72 – 1.94; SR |
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Specific Gravity |
3.62 – 4.30 |
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Crystal System |
Cubic |
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