| Color | Red, darkish-brown, violet-red, pale yellow-orange, orange, orange-red, transparent orange-brown, translucent green, and bright green (most valued) |
| Information | Garnet is a common mineral. However, garnets that have the qualities of a gem are rare. Those garnets are mainly mined in Europe, Russia, and South Africa.
Garnets come in 6 major types: almandine, andradite, grossularite, pyrope, spessartite, uvarovite. Garnets are composed of silica and sometimes of aluminum, calcium, iron, magnesium, and manganese. |