Monday, January 6, 2020

Hessonite Garnet - Know My Story!

A little history about Hessonite Garnet by Bulk Gemstones - A reddish-orange variety of Grossular Garnet as it also includes its green color founds majorly in metamorphic rocks. The main supplies of the stone come from St. Barbora Adit, Bohemia in the Czech Republic, Quebec in Canada, Germany, Italy, Central Russia, Brazil, the united states, Switzerland various locations around Siberia. Usually, the Gem can also be found in New Hemisphere, California, Maine, Massachusetts.

Stone showing the look and also called as cinnamon stone because of its color resemblance which in Hindi is called as "Gomed" means the Gem of Rahu.

Majorly, the stone is supplied from Sri Lanka, and India generally found in their placer deposits, but its occurrence in its mother cast is still unknown. Beauty with a strange origin.




If we talk about its composition, i.e., what actually a Hessonite is? Then, its a mineral of calcium aluminium silicate as well as is orangish- brown in its occurrence, which makes the point relevant for been called cinnamon stone. Greek plays a vital role in giving names as the stone name comes from a Greek word esson means inferior as the stone's density is low and so the hardness as contrasted to other Garnets.

To add to the fact that Latin's must not be left acknowledged as the word garnet came from the Latin word "Granatum" or "Pomegranate" because of its intense red color.

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