Garnet in Matrix Specimen

Here we have for the first time a group of pyrope garnet crystals in matrix! Some crystals clearly show the natural geometry. I think the matrix is snow quartz. It’s from a prospector collection we bought recently. I will let the photos speak for it.

Personally, I find garnet re-energises me, improves my perseverance and passion in what I am currently working on. And it opens the heart more to help you ground energy not getting through the center of your pillar.

Healing Properties

Benefits of Garnet

• Powerfully cleanses, energises, balances and regenerates the chakras to bring in serenity and passion as appropriate.
• Useful crystal in a crisis as helps fortify, activate and strengthen the survival instinct bringing in courage and hope where life is traumatic.
• Stimulates expanded awareness and past life recall.
• Sharpens your perception of yourself and others.
• Dissolves ingrained behaviour patterns that create sabotage or resistance.
• Mentally helps you let go the obsolete.
• Emotionally removes inhibitions and taboos.
• Opens heart and bestows confidence.
• Amplifies other crystal's effect.
• Square cut garnets said to help with success in business matters.

Additional Properties of Varieties

Pyrop (red garnet)

• as above

Alamadine (red garnet)

• as above

Rhodolite (crimson garnet)

• as above

Grossular Garnet (green garnet)

• Variety 1: African Green Garnet (African Jade) - From Mali.
• Variety 2: Tsavorite - From Kenya
• Attuned to the Heart Chakra.
• Green crystals helpful for bringing one's visions into reality.
• Vibrational pattern creates confidence and motivation to get down to business and make things happen. [Simmons, 166]
• Encourages prosperity, healing the root of scarcity-mindedness, and reveals the abundance the Earth and Universe provide. [Asian, 167]

Spessartine Garnet

• Powerful stone of attraction - a lover, a new job, a baby, or a creative project.
• Clears the aura of dis-harmony.
• Magnifies vibrations of sacral chakra to enhance charisma, creativity and sexuality.
• And the solar plexus to enhance will, optimism, confidence, daring and action.
• Helps get things going increasing fertility on any level – pregnancy, ideas or projects.
• Potent tool so use carefully and skilfully with fun and enjoyment.
• May aid sexual organs and endocrine system.
• Has a rapid vibration into subtle and higher bodies.
• If you are strongly attracted to it it means you are ready to assimilate inner dynamics growth and structural balance.
• Said to help with lactose intolerance, soy intolerance and calcium, magnesium deficiencies.

Garnet in Limestone

• Stone of Health.
• Transmutes negative energy into positive energy.
• Great for purifying and cleansing.
• Limestone garnet brings vitality to the body, blood and nervous system.

Geological Information

Geological Information of Garnet

General Identification

• Type: Mineral
• Class: Silicate
• Group: Garnet
• Mohs Hardness:  6.5–7.5
• Formula: (SiO₄)₃
• Crystal System: Isometric
• Crystal Habit: Rhombic dodecahedron or cubic
• Lustre / Diaphaneity: Translucent to transparent, vitreous to resinous
• Colour: virtually all colors, blue very rare, reds most common

Special Notes

• Modern day classification is semi precious gemstone.
• Was worn as a protective talisman long ago, the garnet group includes a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives.
• Garnet sand is a good abrasive, and a common replacement for silica sand in sand blasting. Mixed with very high pressure water, garnet is used to cut steel and other materials.
• Garnet is mainly used for jewellery.
• Blue pyrope–spessartine garnets change colour from blue-green to purple depending on the color temperature of viewing light, as a result of the relatively high amounts of vanadium
• More geological information: garnet.

Most Commonly Available Garnets

Almandine Garnet (Almandite Garnet)

• Red, almost black stone. Most common variety.
• Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃

Grossular Garnet

• Green
• Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃

Variety 1: African Green Garnet (African Jade)

• From Mali.

Variety 2: Tsavorite

• From Kenya

Pyrope

• Dark red in colour.
• Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃, though the magnesium can be replaced in part by calcium and ferrous iron.

Rhodolite

• Rose pink to red in colour.
• Semi precious stone

Spessartine Garnet, Spessartite Garnet

• Orange-yellow or violet-red colour
• Also very rare changing colour blue-green to purple, similar to Alexandrite
• Mn₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃

Andradite

• The recognized varieties are topazolite (yellow or green), demantoid (green) and melanite (black).
• Calcium-iron garnet, Ca₃Fe₂(SiO₄)₃,.

Uvarovite

• Rare garnet, bright green in colour
• Calcium chromium garnet with the formula Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃.