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Hessonite Garnet 9x15mm Faceted Pyramid
Specifications
| SKU | GS119 |
|---|---|
| Stone | Hessonite and spessartite garnet |
| Shape | Pyramid |
| Bead size | 9x15mm |
| Cut | Faceted |
| Color | — |
| Weight | On request |
| Hardness (Mohs) | 6.5 to 7.5 |
| Origin | Cut in Jaipur, India |
| Availability | In stock |
Hessonite is a variety of grossularite and member of garnet species. Hessonite often called cinnamon stone due to its distinct color. It may range in color from honey yellow to brown red, golden orange, and the most desirable one is bright golden orange stone. The stone also called a traveler’s stone as it helps in reaching the destination safely (wear for protection). Hessonite garnet is suitable for any design hence can be used in all types of jewelry.
What it makes
Pyramids are used for pendants, spike necklaces, earrings. Measured base by height, e.g. 9x15mm; usually drilled drilled across the base. More about pyramids.
Fire opal color at garnet hardness.
Hold a shaded strand to a window and the beads sort themselves out: cinnamon at one end, honey through the middle, then a few that go clean mandarin. Under a 10x loupe the hessonite gives itself away. The inside looks stirred, a swirled, oily texture that cutters call treacle. Citrine by comparison sits glassy and empty, and lighter in the hand. People reach for these strands in autumn, when they want orange that stands up to being worn every day.
Garnet is the birthstone for January and the gem given for a second anniversary. In older writing the word carbuncle covered red garnets and nearly any red stone, and one tradition holds that carbuncle was among the four precious stones given to King Solomon. Across many cultures people have long associated garnet with love, friendship, light and vitality, and have worn it as a stone of warmth and steadiness. In India, hessonite is known as gomed and is worn by tradition for the planet Rahu, which is why buyers who follow Vedic astrology often ask for it by that name. These are beliefs carried down through generations rather than statements about the stone itself.
Beliefs about stones are tradition, not advice. Read the full story.
Hessonite is the cinnamon to honey variety of grossular (calcium aluminum silicate), from Sri Lanka, India and Tanzania. Spessartite is manganese aluminum silicate, brighter mandarin orange, from Nigeria, Namibia and Mozambique. Both Mohs 6.5-7.5; mixed parcels sell as "shaded."
Daily wear. Soap and water.
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