Garnet Gemstone | Garnet Stone - GIA
About Garnet. 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.
Garnet Description - GIA
Garnet Description. Most people do not realize garnets come in a wide variety of gem types and colors, with many cutting options. Garnets are a set of closely related minerals that form a group, resulting in gemstones in almost every color.
Garnet History and Lore - GIA
Discover the meaning and history of garnet, the January birthstone, and where it can be found.
January Birthstone | Garnet Birthstone Meaning - GIA
Garnet, January’s birthstone, is one of the most diverse gemstones, as it comes in an extraordinary range of colors. The garnet birthstone is mined around the world and symbolizes happiness, wealth, and health.
Garnet Gemstone | Garnet Stone - GIA
Garnets can be found in all sizes and weights. Some garnets, like demantoid and tsavorite, are more rare in large sizes, so their value goes up significantly with size. Other garnets, like almandine, are far more common in larger sizes so there’s no dramatic rise in …
Garnet - Gemological Institute of America
Garnets are a group of mineral s that are very much alike. These gemstones come in almost every color. Red is the most common garnet color, and is found in metamorphic rocks around the world. Other colors like green, orange, and purple-red are less common and more valuable.
Garnet Care and Cleaning Guide - GIA
Treatment and durability considerations: Garnets might rarely be treated by fracture filling. Only warm soapy water should be used to clean fracture-filled stones. Learn about garnet's durability and how to care for your garnet jewelry.
Garnet Buying Guide - GIA 4Cs
Jan 3, 2014 · GIA’s Garnet Buying Guide offers key pointers on what quality factors to look for, and helps you differentiate between some of the garnet varieties, for example two of the green garnets: tsavorite and demantoid.
GIA Gem Encyclopedia | Complete List Of Gemstones
Garnet The Facts 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.
Famous Gemstones: Pyrope Garnet - GIA 4Cs
Jan 5, 2015 · While there are many different species and varieties of garnet that come in many colors, perhaps the most well-known is pyrope garnet. Usually deep red, this gem is featured in the antique pyrope hair comb, a stunning and historic example of pyrope’s beauty, and GIA’s famous birthstone for January babies.