Jewelry Birthstones Wizard - Garnet Gems by: padre art

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Garnet

Gems

by: padre art

Most authorities choose

Garnet gems

as the birthstones for both January and Aquarius.

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No gem save Garnets should be worn
By her who in this month is born;
They will ensure her constancy,
True friendship and fidelity.
The gleaming Garnet holds within its sway
Faith, constancy and truth to one always.

On May 28, 1198 Pope Innocent III sent the British King, Richard the Lion-Heart, four gifts of symbolic jewellery. Each ring was set with a gemstone of great intrinsic value but to make sure King Richard got the spiritual message, the Pope wrote of the,

“…warm color of the Garnet for how we should love”

To find the Pope’s intentions regarding the symbolism of the Emerald, Sapphire and Topaz rings visit Gemstones in Religion.

garnet jewelry - garnet gift ideas - garnet birthstones jewellery Earlier in Hellenistic Greece (300BC to 100BC) the Garnet was a popular gem on which to carve a signet.

Jewelry with, “A well formed image of a lion engraved on Garnet",set in the appropriate precious metal, "brings, protects and preserves honors and health, cures the owner of all diseases and protects from all perils while traveling.”

In general the Garnet gems are of a deep reddish hue ranging from purple-red to rust-red. The rare demantoid Garnets range in color from a deep emerald green to a warm yellowish-green, with other varieties show colors in pinks and even orange.

garnet jewellery - garnet birthstones gift ideas - garnet gems If you would cherish friendship true,

In Aquarius well you’ll do
To wear this gem of warmest hue -
The Garnet

When considered as a healing gemstone, the sanguine hue of Garnet recommends it for helping to stop the flow of blood and to reduce inflammation.

Other sources say the Garnet will make the wearer invulnerable to wounds.

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The Garnet is a family of mineral specimens of the almondine-pyrope group with a Moh’s scale hardness of around 7-ish and are found around the globe from Russia to India, Australia to the USA.

Found in such large quantities of high quality rough material, you are almost guaranteed that the Garnet gems you choose as birthstones or other jewelry gifts have not undergone any treatment process to enhance their color.

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