The stone is aptly named since it is commonly ... rings with garnet engravings were used to stamp important documents. Garnet does have other color varieties, including orange, green, purple ...

also known as the ‘cinnamon stone’, is a variety of grossular, which is a calcium-aluminium species of the garnet group of minerals. Hessonite is typically an orange to reddish-brown colour ...

Garnets are often thought of as red gemstones, but the heavy mineral comes in a variety ... garnet crystals resemble the color and size of pomegranate seeds, according to the International ...