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Preserving the Beauty of Garnet Jewelry: Essential Care Tips
Garnets, with their rich hues and timeless appeal, are cherished gemstones that exude elegance and sophistication. Whether you own a deep red alma...
The Colours of Garnet, Part 5: Hybrid Garnets
By Yaĝé Enigmus
Due to the high degree of similarity between the chemical structures of various garnet minerals, there exist garnet gemstones wh...
The Colours of Garnet, Part 4: Andradite Garnet
By Yaĝé Enigmus
The final member of the ugrandite garnet series is the mineral andradite garnet. One of the most valuable gem garnet species, an...
The Colours of Garnet, Part 3: Uvarovite and Grossular Garnet
By Yaĝé Enigmus
The second series of major gem garnets is more diversely coloured and somewhat less common than the pyralspite garnets. This ser...
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...
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 ar...
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 starte...
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 c...