Garnet – Natural, Faceted, Red, 5.03 ct
This 5.03-ct, oval brilliant-cut, East African garnet changes color from a medium-dark purplish red in incandescent light (left) to an unusual…
Garnet – Natural, Faceted, Red
Antique Bohemian garnet earrings, ca. 1900. Photo courtesy of liveauctioneers.com and The Cleveland Auction Company.
Garnet – Natural, Carved, Orange
To ensure the safe return of her husband from battle, Queen Berenike II dedicated her hair to the gods. The constellation Berenice’s Hair, near…
Garnet – Natural, Cabochon, Black
Gold earrings with carbuncles and pendants of birds, Late Classical Greece, 4th century BCE. Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1945. Metropolitan…
Garnet – Natural, Rough, Red
Garnet beads. Photo by Mauro Cateb. Licensed under CC By 2.0.
Garnet – Natural, Specimen, Red
Garnet crystals, China. Photo by James St. John. Licensed under CC By 2.0.
Garnet – Natural, Specimen, Red
During the Middle Ages, some people believed dragons had eyes made of garnets. These translucent garnets are still attached to the graphite schist…
Spessartite Garnet – Natural, Specimen, Orange
Spessartites, crystals up to 1.3 cm across, specimen 9.0 x 7.1 x 3.2 cm, Yunxiao Mine, near Tongbei, Fujian Province, China. © Rob Lavinsky, www.iRocks.com.…
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