- Garnet Gemstone | Garnet Stone – GIA
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
- Garnet Description - GIA
There are more than twenty garnet categories, called species, but only five are commercially important as gems Those five are pyrope, almandine (also called almandite), spessartine, grossular (grossularite), and andradite
- Garnet History and Lore - GIA
Thousands of years ago, red garnet necklaces adorned the necks of Egypt’s pharaohs, and were entombed with their mummified corpses as prized possessions for the afterlife In ancient Rome, signet rings with carved garnets were used to stamp the wax that secured important documents
- January Birthstone | Garnet Birthstone Meaning | GIA
Garnet, January’s birthstone, is one of the most diverse gemstones, as it comes in an extraordinary range of colors The garnet birthstone is mined around the world and symbolizes happiness, wealth, and health
- Garnet Gemstone | Garnet Stone – GIA
Your garnet should sparkle in a lively way, reflecting light back evenly across the entire gem Poorly cut gems are much less marketable and sell at a discount
- Garnet Buying Guide - GIA 4Cs
GIA’s Garnet Buying Guide offers key pointers on what quality factors to look for, and helps you differentiate between some of the garnet varieties, for example two of the green garnets: tsavorite and demantoid
- Garnet - Gemological Institute of America
Thousands of years ago, red garnet necklaces were worn by Egypt’s pharaohs The necklaces were entombed with their mummified bodies as valuable goods for the afterlife
- Garnet Care and Cleaning Guide - GIA
Garnets have fair to good toughness, making them durable enough for all jewelry styles as long as they are treated with the proper care Garnets should not be subjected to any hard blows or rough wear Depending on type, garnet hardness ranges from 6 5 to 7 5 on the Mohs scale
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