Garnet
Pronounced (garr-net)
Associated Chakras: Root, Sacral & Heart
Benefits:
❖Help You Out Your Ideas In Action And Boosts Self Confidence
❖Can Stimulate Your Sex Drive
❖Cleanse Your Chakras And Helps Realign Them
❖Wonderful Stone For Relationships As It Is Known As The Stone Of Commitment
How it is formed: There are five main “types” of garnets, and although they all appear similar in shape and appearance , their chemical composition differs.
Pyrope always displays a red color and is formed in ultramafic rocks which are low in silica and high in magnesium and iron content through both metamorphic and igneous processes. (shown to the left)
Almandine can be deep red or purple, and can be found in Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, East Africa and the United States.
Spessartine, not to be confused with spessartite, has an orange red hue, can be found in bedrock, and was originally located in Bavaria, Germany. It can also be found in Australia, Afghanistan, Israel, India, Madagascar, Namibia, Myanmar, Nigeria, and the United States.
Grossular garnets are composed of calcium and aluminum, and can be found in metamorphosed limestone combined with various other minerals. Vermont’s state gemstone is grossular garnet and can be found in Sri Lanka, Brazil, and California
Uvarovite is based with calcium and chromium and was discovered in 1832 by German Henri Hess who named this variety after a famous Russian statesman and mineral collector named Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov. It’s commonly found alongside grossular or adradite in metamorphic limestone. Originally mined mostly in Finland, Uvarovite can be found in the United States in New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Arizona and California as well as various spots in Europe, Asia, and Africa
Andradite garnets were first documented in Norway in 1868 and occurs in calcium and iron rich calcium igneous rock of metamorphosed limestones found in the Russian Ural Mountains, Italy, Iran, Ukraine and Arizona and California in the United States. The rare variation called Demantoid is a gorgeous transparent green!
Color: transparent ranging from rich red to purple, sometimes orange and brown hues
Mohs Scale: 6.0-7 - depending on chemical compound
Compound: X3Y2(SiO4)3 generic compound
Other Compounds -
Pyrope (7.5) - Mg3Al2Si3O12 ,
Almandine (7-7.5) - Fe3Al2Si3O12
Spessartine (6.5-7.5) - Mn3Al2Si3O12
Andradite (6.5-7) - Ca3Fe2Si3O12
Grossular (6.5-7) - Ca3Al2Si3O12
Uvarovite (6.5-7.5) - Ca3Cr2Si3O12
Fun Facts:
January’s birthstone!
Extremely Rare Blue Garnet Was Discovered In 1990
*Garnets Are Unique In That They Can Record The Pressures And Temperatures Of Peak Metamorphism And Are Used As Geobarometers And Geothermometers In The Study Of Geothermobarometry Which Determines "P-T Paths", Pressure-Temperature Paths