Grossular Garnet

A fine pallete of rare, natural colors
Grossular Garnets have one of the widest color ranges of any species of Garnet, from near-colorless to yellows, oranges, greens and browns.
Some of the trade names for Grossular Garnets include Tsavorite (green), Mint Grossular (pastel green), Hessonite (orange) and Leuco (near-colorless).
Garnets are part of a large family of silicate minerals that have similar physical properties but vary in chemical composition.
Garnet is the birthstone for January, celebrates the 2nd Anniversary and comes in almost all colors of the spectrum including the rare color-change material.
Lots of choice for January birthdays!
We have many more colors, shapes and sizes available in Grossular Garnet – please contact us if you don’t find what you are looking for in our online inventory.
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Colors | white (leuco) pale-yellow yellow orange/orange-red (see orange grossular) brown-orange blue-green (see mint grossular) green (see tsavorite) |
Family/Species | Garnet, Grossularite |
Properties | RI = 1.735 (-0.035, +0.015) SR SG = 3.61 (-0.27, +0.12) Dispersion = 0.028 Hardness = 7 suitable for use in jewelry |
Treatments | None |
Important information | 100% Natural Garnet which is not normally treated in any way. See policy on Treatment Disclosure Rare – in all sizes and colors (except orange grossular which is plentiful in |
Birthstone | January |
Anniversary | 2nd |
Cuts | Calibrated sizes up to 5mm All standard cuts and free sizes |
Mining locations | Tanzania (Lelatema Mountains, Umba Valley, Merelani, Tunduru) and Kenya (Taita-Taveta) |