GARNET

Garnet occurs in several different varieties, with different characteristics:

These varieties are made up of widely differing chemical structures and can be composed of a mixture of the different kinds.

Almandine	Red with violet tint
Andradite	usually not suitable for jewellery
Grossular	Green, yellow, brown
Hessonite	also known as cinnamon stone - brown/orange
Demantoid	Green - can be confused with emerald
Spessartite	Orange to red-brown
Rhodolite	Rose or pale violet type of pyrope
Pyrope	Red with brown tint

These various varieties have of course different values, but you will most often see pyrope or almandine set in jewellery, and they are not expensive if they are small. The green varieties of garnet are rare and can be very valuable, and so are sometimes faked using doublets of red garnet with green glass underneath.

Byezantium always has a wide range of garnet jewellery to choose from.

In the shop we have silver and Garnet:

bracelets - earrings - studs -

in gold and Garnet: brooches - earrings - necklaces - pendants - rings -

Please click to the left to see them