Garnet Family
Almandine, pyrope, hessonite and other garnets.
Garnets are a group of related silicate minerals that grow as round, many-faced crystals. They range from deep red almandine and pyrope to orange spessartine, honey hessonite and green uvarovite.
India is one of the world's largest garnet producers, with deposits in Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
8 crystals in the Garnet Family
Garnet Garnet
Deep wine-red crystals of the garnet family.
Garnet Almandine
Deep wine-red iron garnet.
Garnet Pyrope
Bright blood-red magnesium garnet.
Garnet Spessartine
Glowing orange manganese garnet.
Garnet Grossular
Calcium garnet in green, gold and orange.
Garnet Hessonite
Honey-orange garnet known as Gomed.
Garnet Andradite
Lustrous calcium-iron garnet.
Garnet Uvarovite
Emerald-green druzy chromium garnet.
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17 crystals
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9 crystals
Beryl Family
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6 crystals
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14 crystals
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7 crystals
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12 crystals
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