Red Garnet 6x8mm Tri Cut Faceted Rondelle - 15-16 InchRed Garnet is the most commonly known type of Garnet, which occurs in many colors. Garnet has been used for adornment and spirituality by myriad cultures and civilizations throughout history, its oldest known use being in Egypt more than five thousand years ago. Garnet is used today not only as an ornamental gem, but also for industrial purposes from watch gears and scientific instruments to sandpaper and other abrasives.

The most highly regarded colors are the reds and pinks

and architecture

Its color is due to the presence of Manganese and Iron in the stone

Truly appreciate how beautiful and unique these gemstones are before they go through the lapidary process

Tourmaline has often been confused with other stones

If you are a collector of cool rocks

a form of silica with a cryptocrystalline structure that incorporates Moganite along with the Quartz

Silica-rich waters create hardened deposits that preserve coral skeletons

that were deposited in shallow sea beds

Sardonyx is sometimes treated to bring out its reddish tones

Mohs hardness 7

Bronzite is a brown stone with a bronze to colored metallic luster due to iron deposits within the stone