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The Colours of Garnet, Part 2: Pyralspite Garnets

The Colours of Garnet, Part 2: Pyralspite Garnets

By Yaĝé Enigmus   In the jewellery trade, six nesosilicate garnet minerals are valued as gemstones. These minerals each display their own ranges of colour, and some species also occur as...

The Colours of Garnet, Part 2: Pyralspite Garnets

By Yaĝé Enigmus   In the jewellery trade, six nesosilicate garnet minerals are valued as gemstones. These minerals each display their own ranges of colour, and some species also occur as...

The Colours of Garnet, Part 1: What is Garnet?

The Colours of Garnet, Part 1: What is Garnet?

By Yaĝé Enigmus   For most people, the word “garnet” is synonymous with the colour red. In truth, red is merely one colour that garnet gemstones are known for. Now the...

The Colours of Garnet, Part 1: What is Garnet?

By Yaĝé Enigmus   For most people, the word “garnet” is synonymous with the colour red. In truth, red is merely one colour that garnet gemstones are known for. Now the...

Garnet is SO Diverse

Garnet is SO Diverse

I was sitting down the other day to write an article about garnet, being January’s birthstone and all, I figured it made sense.  Then, as I started to do research...

Garnet is SO Diverse

I was sitting down the other day to write an article about garnet, being January’s birthstone and all, I figured it made sense.  Then, as I started to do research...

Garnet

Garnet

Red garnet is one of the most common and widespread of gems, found in metamorphic rocks (which are rocks altered by heat and pressure) on every continent. But not all...

Garnet

Red garnet is one of the most common and widespread of gems, found in metamorphic rocks (which are rocks altered by heat and pressure) on every continent. But not all...