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| Mineral: |
garnet |
| Gem: |
grossular (var: hessonite) |
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| Cut: |
native step cut square |
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| Origin: |
unknown |
| General Info: |
The name almandine comes from the Anotolian city of Alabanda; the name Andradite comes from the Brazilian mineralogist J.B. d'Andrada; the name Grossular comes from the Greek "grossularia", "meaning gooseberry"; the name Pyrope comes from the Greek "pyropos", meaning "fire-eyed" for its red color; the name Spessartite comes from Spessart mining district in Bavaria; and the name Uvarovite comes from the Russian noble man, Count Sergei Uvarov. The garnets make up two solid solution series; 1) pyrope-almandine-spessarite and 2) uvarovite-grossularite-andradite. The majority of garnet goes into the manufacture of sand-paper. |
| Additional Information |
| A grossular garnet with good optical properties, the brown, to brown red and orangish varieties are sometimes called hessonite. Other names include cinnamon stone and Kanel stone. |
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