Garnets form a large family of minerals whose colors vary depending on their chemical composition. Thus, garnets come in shades ranging from green, through yellow, orange, pink to deep red.
The varieties are numerous, but we can mention the grenats rhodolite (pink red), spessartite (orange-brown), tsavorite (green to emerald green) and malaya (pink orange). The name garnet comes from the Latin granatium, meaning pomegranate, inspired by the burgundy red color of this fruit, and the Greek puropus, because garnet was compared to fiery eyes.
Garnet is found all over the world, in Europe (Czech Republic), Africa (Tanzania, Namibia...) and Asia (Sri Lanka and India). Garnet's hardness is between 7 and 7.5, and it has been used in jewelry for millennia. Initially considered a tool for polishing or engraving other gems, it boomed during the fall of the Roman Empire and was used by so-called "barbarian" jewelers.
Today, it is widely used in jewelry making, and many famous designs incorporate garnets. For example, this hair comb is not ordinary at all! It dates from the Victorian era. Each of the pyropes garnets is cut rose, a popular cut at the time. Coming from the mines of Bohemia, now located in the Czech Republic, this magnificent piece is completely covered in it.
Jewelers in Angers and Paris, we create bagues en tsavorite... But also bagues de fiançailles spinelle, if you are looking for a pretty red stone like some garnets.