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January Birthstone Jewelry
Traditional garnet exhibits deep rich red
to brownish-red tones. The incredible beauty of garnet however comes in a
variety of colors, including yellowish-green, pinkish-orange, and purple, and
all the hues in between. Rhodolite Garnets are the most valuable of the red
garnet types, with stunning deep purplish-red tones. Grossular Garnet is
genuinely light to dark yellow to reddish-orange and sometimes clear. Hessonite
garnet is a type of grossular garnet that displays yellow and reddish-orange
colors.
The name garnet is derived from Latin meaning grain or seed, as the tiny
crystals were thought to resemble seeds from the pomegranate. The majority of
garnets come from sources in Africa, where the fines green garnets (called
Tsavorites) command prices comparative to the precious Emerald. Other mine
sources include Central Europe, Russia and Brazil.