Garnet Featured Gem

garnet

Garnets are a set of closely related minerals forming a group, with gemstones in almost every color.

The garnet group of related mineral species offers gems of every hue, including fiery red pyrope, vibrant orange spessartine, and rare intense-green varieties of grossular and andradite.

BIRTHSTONE: JANUARY

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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. Red garnet is one of the most common and widespread of gems. But not all garnets are as abundant as the red ones. A green garnet, tsavorite, is rarer and needs rarer rock chemistries and conditions to form.

Garnet Earring
Garnet Ring
Garnet Bracelet
Tsavo Park

Campbell Bridges mined tsavorite garnet in Kenya near Tsavo National Park.

Faberge

The imperial Russian jeweler created intricate jewelry designs for demantoid garnet.

3800 BC

A stylish red garnet bead necklace found in a grave in Egypt is more than 5,000 years old.

Quality Factors

Assessment of the following characteristics determines garnet's value.

Color
Color Gemstone

Garnet includes affordable dark red varieties, rare and valuable greens, and many colors in between.

Clarity
Clarity Gemstone

Garnet clarity often depends on garnet type. Red garnets often don't have eye-visible inclusions.

Cut
Cut Gemstone

Many garnets are cut into standard shapes and calibrated sizes to allow setting into manufactured jewelry..

Carat Weight
Carat Weight Gemstone

Garnets can be found in all sizes and weights, although some varieties are rare in large sizes.

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