Gemstone Meanings: Garnet

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

The garnet species is found in many colours including pink, orange, yellow, green, purple, brown and black.  The most common being a deep red colour.   The rarest is the blue, which was discovered in the late 1990's in Madagascar.  This is a very interesting specimen of garnet as it changes colour from a blue-green in sunlight to a purple-red in incandescent light.

Blue garnet in natural light

Under incandescent light.

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Gemstone Meanings - Emerald

This is the first in a series of short blogs outlining the sacred healing properties of a variety of gemstones we use in our gemstone jewellery.

This is by no means a definitive guide, just a starting point.

Selection of low grade Emerald Chips