A garnet's color depends on its chemical composition, according tothe International Gem Society. For instance, almandine garnets range from deep red to purple. While andradite garnets can be ...

Garnet also shows a vitreous or glassy lustre. Some of the common varieties of Garnets are Almandine Garnet, Grossular Garnet, Andradite Garnet, Spessartine Garnet, Pyrope Garnet and Uvarovite Garnet.

Garnet also shows a vitreous or glassy lustre. Some of the common varieties of Garnets are Almandine Garnet, Grossular Garnet, Andradite Garnet, Spessartine Garnet, Pyrope Garnet and Uvarovite Garnet.

Garnets are common minerals which can be found in metamorphic rocks, like garnet schist (with almandine); in sedimentary rocks and also in magmatic rocks (especially pyrope and spessartine).

They crystallize in the cubic system. Six main types of the garnet group include almandine, andradite, grossular, pyrope, spessartine and uvarovite. The English term garnet originates from the Old ...