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 saturated purplish reds, and even some blues.
- Photographed from the GIA Collection for the CIBJO project. Top row, left to right: 16.94 ct yellow oval garnet; 19.89 ct round orange spessartite garnet; 44.28 ct round, deep pink rhodolite garnet; 16.99 ct reddish orange cushion cut garnet; and 7.26 ct cushion cut tsavorite garnet. Bottom row, left to right: 8.20 ct oval greenish yellow garnet; 12.36 ct oval golden yellow garnet; 9.22 ct pink pear cut garnet; 14.53 ct light green cushion cut grossular garnet and 4.32 ct bluish green cushion cut garnet.
Demantoid, Tsavorite ,Rhodolite, Spessartite and Mogambique are some varieties of Garnet other than Hessonite.
A poetess has described Garnet as the forgotten gem :
The forgotten gem among the precious
Your love is too dark for a child
Also precious
Yet pure like a diamond!Oh Garnet-Rowena Chandler
Forget Ruby, your sister
Forget Emerald, your opposite
Forget Opal, all in one, the God of the gems
You are Alfred the Great, so great, yet forgotten!
The further posts will talk more about the varieties of garnet. so, stay tuned!Till then , you ncan check out some beautiful Garnet jewellery here :
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