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Get to know garnet jewelry – gemstone jewelry

2009-9-7   Source:AYpearl

Garnet like other precious stones, synthetic garnet has difference. Similar colors with a variety of garnet gemstones, including rubies, sapphires, synthetic corundum, topaz, emerald, jadeite, etc. are non-homogeneous body, polarizing microscope, can be distinguished.

Garnet like other precious stones, synthetic garnet has difference. Similar colors with a variety of garnet gemstones, including rubies, sapphires, synthetic corundum, topaz, emerald, jadeite, etc. are non-homogeneous body, polarizing microscope, can be distinguished.
In fact, garnet jewelry can be traced back to the Bronze Age. As legend has it, a large garnet found place in Noah. Ark to steer it to safety in the flooded mountain passes. Egyptian, Greek and Roman eras also saw the use of garnets in gemstone jewelry.
Garnets species are found in many colors including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, pink and colorless. The rarest of these is the blue garnet, discovered in the late 1990s in Bekily, Madagascar. It is also found in parts of the United States, Russia and Turkey. It changes color from blue-green in the daylight to purple in incandescent light, as a result of the relatively high amounts of vanadium (about 1 wt.% V2O3). Other varieties of color-changing garnets exist. In daylight, their color ranges from shades of green, beige, brown, gray, and blue, but in incandescent light, they appear a reddish or purplish/pink color. Because of their color changing quality, this kind of garnet is often mistaken for Alexandrite.
Garnet is now one of the more common gemstones middle and low (green part of high-grade gems). And it has garnet bracelet, garnet necklace and garnet earrings.
Garnets come in many colors but are popular in their characteristic red color. The garnet stone owes its name to the Latin word Granatum, meaning like a grain. Garnet jewelry is an ideal gift for those with birthdays in January and for the second anniversary of marriage. Garnet jewelry has been popular for centuries as it was believed to have powers to heal and protect.
Even in red color, garnets are found in shades from pale red to reddish black. Garnets come in varying sizes and can be procured in large sizes too. While mandarin garnets are a bright orange, the hessonite garnets are a fiery orange. Rhodolite garnets are violet and pyrope garnets are almost black. Blue is the only color that garnets are not found in. And the color is much the like amethyst jewelry.
Garnets are symbolic of faith and fidelity. This gemstone is said to have healing properties for those suffering from arthritis and lung diseases. Garnet jewelry enjoyed considerable popularity during the Victorian times. Garnet rings, garnet earrings and garnet pendants are popular since these gemstones are reasonably priced. Garnet is durable and garnet jewelry can be cleaned with a gem cleaner since it is a non-porous gemstone.
You can pick up garnet pendants that can be teamed with flat chains, rope chains or linked chains. Garnet earrings come in many styles, from elegant and classic studs to modern clip-ons to dangling chandeliers. Garnet jewelry is often paired with pearls or other gemstones to set off the brilliantly hued stones.
 

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