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Thirteen Things about Garnets

Garnets come in different colors.
Garnet comes from the Latin word, “granatus” which means grain.
Garnets have several species.
Pyrope is found in Arizona (pyrope comes from a Greek word meaning "fire like").
Almandine garnets from Idaho and India sometimes have asbestos fiber inclusions. These will produce star stones when properly cut.
The most valuable spessarties are a bright, orangish red. These come from Ramona, California, and Amelia, Virginia.
Andradite, is my favourite species of garnet.
Andradite is named after the Portuguese mineralogist, d’Andrade.
Unlike the other garnets, grossulars are rarely red or dark. They come in every color except blue and are sometimes colorless.
Because of its coloring and translucency, hydrogrossular is often used as a jade substitute.
Uvarovite is named after Count S. S. Uvarov, (1765-1855), president of the St. Petersburg Academy and mineral collector. They are extremely rare.
Any gem that changes color is a rare find and a treat for collectors. Garnets exhibit the widest variety of color changes in the gem world, with almost every hue exhibited.
Proteus are the only treated garnets.

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