Garnet Evaluation and Selection Guide

Garnet, also called garnet stone. As a general name of a mineral family, its English Garnet, derived from the Latin Granatum, means "grainy, seed-like". According to English transliteration, a few people in China also call it "Gaishi."

For thousands of years, Garnet was considered a symbol of faith, constancy, and simplicity. People are willing to own, wear and worship it, not only because of its aesthetic decorative value, but more importantly, people believe that gems have an incredible magical power that enables people to get lucky, to die, to be honored, and to maintain the status of honour forever. Has an important commemorative function. Garnet is now the birthstone of January, symbolizing loyalty, friendliness and chastity. Garnet is also the guardian stone of Scorpio.

The evaluation and purchase of garnets are based on color, transparency, and grain size. The standard requirements for gem grade garnets are: good transparency, bright colors, and particle size greater than 5 mm. The emerald green garnets are very popular in the international gem market. They are pure, bright and bright. The crystal clear garnets are of high value. The emerald green chrome vanadium garnet (also known as Schafferite) is of high value, and the high quality can be compared with emeralds. Red, orange-red garnets are also very precious, orange orange garnets (also known as manganite) have risen rapidly in recent years. Garnet is one of the middle and high grade gemstones, among which green gemstones are rare species. The color is rich and pure, and the variety with high transparency is the best product of Ziyuwu. Its high refractive index, strong luster, and beautiful and varied colors make it a favorite gem variety. Many countries in the world have defined purple teeth as "stone of birth in January", symbolizing loyalty, friendliness and virginity. Westerners believe that Ziywu has the miraculous efficacy of curing diseases and saving people; in the Middle East, Ziyuzwu was chosen as a royal token.

Since the garnets are very few, they are easily separated.
1, if the color of garnet super-bright ultra-permeability, if the price is very attractive, easy to point.
2, look at cotton and cotton impurities, garnet outside is easy to have black spots, ice cracked.
3. Garnets are heavier than individual crystals. Take it under your hands. If you are lighter than powder crystals, be careful.
4, garnet is more delicate, the appearance of the feel is very slippery, feels very comfortable and very oily feeling - not a powdery "glass" feeling.
5, garnet gloss is very strong, looks like there is a sense of metal that there is a sense of ambiguous light, this is particularly evident in the beads.