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January: Garnet

Looking for information about January's birthstone? The Héloïse & Abélard Guide tells you more about each birthstone and... Garnet!

Janvier : Grenat

January: Garnet

January's birthstone is the garnet.

 

Garnets have been known since Antiquity, but the name "garnet" is more recent, dating back to 1270. It was first used by the German theologian and philosopher Albertus Magnus (1193-1280), who is said to have named it either from the Latin name malum granatum (seeded apple, pomegranate) due to its color, or from granum (grain) due to its shape.

Jeanne

Jeanne

2.350€

Gabrielle

Gabrielle

2.990€

Colette

Colette

4.500€



Garnets have been used in jewelry for thousands of years, then known as carbuncle or red gem.

 
Historically, the importance of non-gem varieties of garnet lies in the fact that this stone, much less rare than sapphire or ruby, was used to engrave agates, jaspers, ivory, etc. In the form of abrasive powder, garnet was used to rough and polish these same stones, particularly softer quartz, at lower cost.

 
Garnet experienced a particular boom during the fall of the Roman Empire among "barbarian" jewelers.
Garnet is also considered a sacred stone by many indigenous peoples of America.

 
Thanks to its hardness (7-7.5 on the Mohs scale), garnet is sometimes used in industry as an abrasive (especially denser pyropes formed under high pressures), but corundum , which is harder, is generally preferred.

 

Birthstone Overview by Month

January: Garnet
February: Amethyst
March: Aquamarine
April: Diamond
May: Emerald
June: Alexandrite or Pearl
July: Ruby
August: Peridot
September: Sapphire
October: Tourmaline
November: Citrine
December: Tanzanite

 

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