Gift A Symbol Of Faith With Garnet Earrings
Most individual's love to present garnet pendants to their loved ones because it symbolizes faith and trust. Garnet pendants and garnet earrings are available in a wide variety of colors; however, the most widely available colored garnet is red.
Garnet earrings are available in a wide variety of colors from fiery red to deep yellow or bright green. Most of the garnet is mined in Africa, India, U.S, Brazil and Madagascar. Some other precious stone also come under the garnet family and even these are widely used in jewelry. Some of the other precious stone that belong to the same family include: pyrope, rhodolite, spessartine, andradite, grossular and uvaroite. Garnet earrings and garnet pendants are so popular because the precious stone symbolizes faith and fidelity. This precious stone is also said to have healing powers and is worn by a lot of people who suffer from arthritis and lung diseases. Garnet earrings are usually made with 14 karat gold as their base metal. The shine and brilliance of the precious stone naturally offsets the brilliance of the garnet. While some garnet earrings are simple, single studs, most jewelers make garnet earrings that are dangling chandeliers. Garnet pendants are often paired with pearls or other gemstones to set off the brilliantly hued stones. Most garnet inlaid in garnet earrings are of the reddish shade. However, this precious stone is found in a range of colors pale red to reddish black. While mandarin garnets are a bright orange, the hessonite garnets are a fiery orange. Rhodolite garnets are violet and pyrope garnets are almost black. Garnet also comes in a variety of sizes.
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