Garnets

Garnets I just love garnets, the color, it must be the color.  That deep reddish-burgundy hue.  I am just drawn to them.  I though i would jot down some facts and share them with everyone.

The garnet has been a popular gem throughout history. Garnets were found as beads in a necklace worn by a young man in a grave that dates back to 3000 B.C. This is proof of the hardness and durability of the stone.

As for color saturated dark red is first what comes to mind if garnet color is considered. The trend is shifting. A demantoid with its emerald green color is today's most valuable garnet. That applies as well for the emerald green tsavorite, whose quality can reach flawlessness.

Garnets were highly popular in Europe, in 18th and 19th centuries. They were frequently used for jewelry in the Victorian times. In Old Spain, the pomegranate was a favorite, and as a result of this, so was the garnet. The name “garnet” comes from the Latin word “Garanatus,” meaning “seedlike,” in reference to a pomegranate. In Spanish astrology, the garnet once represented the sun.

Garnet is the birthstone for January and the stone that celebrates the 2nd anniversary of marriage.

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