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…
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…
Antique Bohemian garnet earrings, ca. 1900. Photo courtesy of liveauctioneers.com and The Cleveland Auction Company.
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…
Gold earrings with carbuncles and pendants of birds, Late Classical Greece, 4th century BCE. Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1945. Metropolitan…
Garnet beads. Photo by Mauro Cateb. Licensed under CC By 2.0.
Garnet crystals, China. Photo by James St. John. Licensed under CC By 2.0.
During the Middle Ages, some people believed dragons had eyes made of garnets. These translucent garnets are still attached to the graphite schist…
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.…