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Timeline showing the use of garnets in different eras from 300 BCE to 700 CE
An Early Byzantine Engraved Almandine from the Garibpet Deposit, Telangana State, India: Evidence for Garnet Trade Along the Ancient Maritime Silk Road

Analyses the chemical composition and inclusion characteristics of this ancient artefact.

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Figure 9. The parcel of rough spinel on the left, reportedly from Tajikistan, contains pieces weighing up to 48.5 g. The seven faceted spinels on the right (9.04–28.16 ct) were fashioned from some of this rough.
Purplish Pink Spinel from Tajikistan: Before and After Cutting

Purplish Pink Spinel from Tajikistan: Before and After Cutting

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New Chromium- and Vanadium-Bearing Garnets from Tranoroa, Madagascar

Pyrope-spessartine garnets from Tranoroa, in southern Madagascar, contain appreciable Cr and somewhat lower V contents.

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Garnets from Madagascar with a Colour Change of Blue-Green to Purple

Gemmological, chemical, spectroscopic and microscopic properties of blue-green colour-change garnets from a new deposit near Bekily, Madagascar, are given.

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Rounded Garnet Crystals
Bohemian Garnet – Today

Red garnets have been mined in the Bohemian Hills of Czechoslovakia since the 16th century.

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Pastel Pyropes
Pastel Pyropes

Pyrope garnets occur in near-colourless to light orange and pink, as well as the familiar red.

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The Elahera Gem Field in Central Sri Lanka

The Elahera gem field currently provides approximately 35% of the gemstones exported from Sri Lanka.

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A Proposed New Classification for Gem-Quality Garnets

Eight garnet species are defined and methods of identification are described.

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A Status Report on Gemstones from Afghanistan

An overview of the plentiful and various gem materials being discovered and produced in Afghanistan.

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Gem Andradite Garnets

Gem-quality andradites are easy to distinguish chemically from other types of gem garnets.

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