GARNET BEAD

This is a sliced red garnet showing iridescent colours.It has been well polished and the natural fractures add to its beauty.They are still strong beads.

Hardness 6.5 to 7.5

Indian

Drilled

Size  18x22 x4 mm app

Weight 21.3cts app

Picture of a untouched garnet  included to give you a idea of how it looked before cutting. 

As with all our stock you may return it for a full refund if not pleased.

Garnet is a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronz Age as gemstones and abrasives. Garnets are most often seen in red, but are available in a wide variety of colors spanning the entire spectrum Garnets species are found in many colors including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, pink and colorless. The rarest of these is the blue garnet, discovered in the late 1990s in Bekily, Madagascar. It is also found in parts of the United States, Russia and Turkey. It changes color from blue-green in the daylight to purple in incandescent light, as a result of the relatively high amounts of vanadium