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Bookmark or Share- Garnet Gemstone | Garnet Stone - GIATo appreciate the rainbow of garnets available, you have to see them. Find a retailer who can show you tsavorite, rhodolite, and one of the orange garnets. You’ll be surprised at how beautiful fine garnet can be.
- Garnet Care and Cleaning Guide - GIADepending on type, garnet hardness ranges from 6.5 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale. For example, almandine, pyrope, spessartine, and tsavorite are on the harder side while demantoid is a bit softer. Garnets have fair to good toughness, making them durable enough for all jewelry styles as long as they are treated with the proper care.
- GIA's Gubelin Gem Project: GarnetThere are six common garnet minerals – almandine, andradite, grossular, pyrope, spessartine and uvarovite – and several rare species. Gem varieties include green demantoid and tsavorite, orangy red hessonite and pink/red rhodolite.
- Garnet History and Lore - GIADiscover the meaning and history of garnet, the January birthstone, and where it can be found.
- Garnet Gemstone | Garnet Stone - GIAFiguring out how each new gem garnet fits into the six main mineral species is a challenge for gemologists.
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