Garnet Crystal Bracelet Bead size:8 mm When it first reached Europe

When it first reached Europe it was priced as a rare gem

5–8 it is the hardest stone in this range

The cut base makes it easy to keep in sight

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Garnet Crystal Bracelet Bead size:8 mm When it first reached EuropeGarnet deep wine red with a glassy depth, the stone the ancient world inlaid over gold and named for the pomegranate seed. Harder than quartz, red the whole way through. Strung on elastic cord. This is almandine, the iron garnet, coloured by iron within its own structure a dark red carrying violet or brown depths, transparent where the stone runs clean. Its Latin name, granatum, is the pomegranate, for crystals that cluster in rock like seeds. It was