garnet
garnet
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by Chrisitne Breen - 2006-12-22
The history of Garnet dates back to the Bronze Age (more than 5000 years ago), when it was a very popular gemstone. Garnet is a family of minerals having similar physical and crystalline properties. G...
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by Chrisitne Breen - 2006-12-22
Spessartine is an uncommon garnet. Spessartite or spessartine is manganese aluminum garnet, Mn3Al2(SiO4)3. Madagascar's spessartine garnet is a recently discovered variety with a beautiful raspberry b...
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by Sharon K. Couto, Audrey Couto McClelland and Jane Couto Porricelli - 2007-01-29
When considering the magnificent effects that gems and stones lend to fertility, it is very interesting to note that the use of gems and stones for their magical properties has been in practice fo...
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by Belinda Osgood - 2007-02-27
New Zealand is a country of diversity. This is evident in the form of rocks and minerals found in abundance. The South Island of New Zealand provides ample opportunities for the amateur rockhounder to...
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by Eric Hartwell - 2007-03-22
You know for a fact that giving gemstone jewelry has always been a wonderful way to show someone how much you care. You know this is true, but you're problem is you just don't know how to give your l...
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by Eric Hartwell - 2007-04-04
Are you dying to own that beautiful, deep-red gemstone in the display window? If you are fond of garnet - more popular as a January birthstone - then you are a true lover of gems. Garnet is one of the...
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by Eric Hartwell - 2007-04-04
Garnet is one of the most admired among many gemstones because of its rich color.Garnet is one of the most admired among many gemstones because of its rich color. Almandine, pyrope, spessartine, gross...
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by Apples of Gold Jewelry - 2007-06-08
Although relatively young compared to other gemstones, alexandrite is not at a loss for history, myth and symbolism with which to surround itself. In the late 19th century, the Russian writer Ni...
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by Apples of Gold Jewelry - 2007-06-08
Alexandrite - the tsarstone - is a variety of the mineral, chrysoberyl, an aluminate of beryllium. Although mined in such scattered locations as Brazil, Burma, India, Madagascar and Tanzania, th...
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by Apples of Gold Jewelry - 2007-06-08
The origin of alexandrite is shrouded in somewhat of a mystery. Delivered up from the Ural Mountains near the Tokovaya River, it is popularly believed that alexandrite was discovered by the Finn...