| Chemical Formula of Garnet is Mg3Al2[SiO4]3 and hardness and Specific Gravity of Garnet is 7 - 7.5 and 4.3 respectivily. Garnets are associated with the color red, but they actually are available in a variety of colors. Garnet is Generally found in Colors like pink, red, purple, orange, yellow, violet, green, colorless, occasionally black, brown and many shades of red and green, Garnets gemstones are durable and well suited for virtually all jewelry settings. Garnets are believed to provide for safety to travelers on journeys. This gemstone takes its name from pomegranate, presumably because of their resemblance in color and size to pomegranate seeds.
Garnet is used to create beautiful garnet beads, bracelets and other jewelry items like: in rings, pendants, necklaces and bracelets. They are also used widely as abrasives. The hardness of garnets and their sharp fracture make them suitable as abrasives for wood, leather, glass, metals, and plastics.Garnets are a related group of minerals. Members of this group include: almandine (red to violet red); spessartite (yellow, rose, or orange to reddish-brown); pyrope (deep red); grossular (white, yellow, yellow-green, brownish-red, orange or black); andradite (colorless, yellow-green, or brown to black). The most prized garnet is an emerald green variety called demantoid and is a member of the adradite group.Currently, the worlds largest supply of garnets is the continent of Africa. In December 1996, a student in Central Australia discovered what is thought to be the largest single garnet ever found - measuring nearly one hundred feet across! Other sources of garnet include India, Soviet Union, Brazil and the United States.
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