Garnet Group

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Garnet Group

The Garnets are a complex group of minerals all with similar crystalline structures but varying greatly in chemical composition and properties. All Garnets fall into six basic varieties: Almandine, Andradite, Grossular, Pyrope, Spessartine and Uvarovite or a combination of two or more. The name Garnet comes from the Latin word grantum, for Pomegranite and its similarity to the red seeds of this fruit.

Garnet Group Members

Almandine

Andradite

Grossular

Pyrope

Spessartine

Uvarovite

Varieties of Garnet:

Chromian Pyrope
(Pyrope)

Cinnamon Garnet
(Grossular)

Color Change Garnet
(Pyrope-Spessartine)

Demantoid
(Andradite)

Grandite
(Grossular-Andradite)

Grape Garnet
(Almandine-Pyrope)

Hessonite
(Grossular)

Hydrogrossular
(Grossular-Hibschite)

Leuco Garnet
(Andradite-Grossular)

Malaya Garnet
(Pyrope-Spessartine)

Mali Garnet
(Grossular-Andradite)

Mandarin Garnet
(Spessartine)

Melanite
(Andradite)

Rainbow Garnet
(Andradite)

Rhodolite
(Almandine-Pyrope)

Rosolite
(Grossular-Pyrope)

Star Garnet
(Almandine)

Topazolite
(Andradite)

Tsavorite
(Grossular)

Umbalite
(Almandine-Pyrope)