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Tsavorite or tsavolite is a variety of the garnet group species grossular, a calcium-aluminium garnet with the formula Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12. [2] Trace amounts of vanadium or chromium provide the green color.
Other varieties of color-changing garnets exist. In daylight, their color ranges from shades of green, beige, brown, gray, and blue, but in incandescent light, they appear a reddish or purplish/pink color. [25] This is the rarest type of garnet. Because of its color-changing quality, this kind of garnet resembles alexandrite. [26]
The Queen Garnet is a variety of plum, renowned for its deep, almost black color and high antioxidant content. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was developed in Australia, specifically in Queensland and New South Wales and has gained for its distinctive flavor and health benefits.
Andradite is a mineral species of the garnet group.It is a nesosilicate, with formula Ca 3 Fe 2 Si 3 O 12.. Andradite includes three varieties: Colophonite: a historical variety found in the Scandinavian islands, brownish or reddish in color, often opaque or translucent.
Eclogite piece from Norway with a garnet (red) and omphacite (greyish-green) groundmass. The sky-blue crystals are kyanite. Minor white quartz is present, presumably from the recrystallization of coesite. A few gold-white phengite patches can be seen at the top. A 23 millimetres (0.91 in) coin added for scale.
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Pyrope garnet in eclogite - Shibino, Ural Mountains, Russia. The mineral pyrope is a member of the garnet group. Pyrope is the only member of the garnet family to always display red colouration in natural samples, and it is from this characteristic that it gets its name: from the Greek words for fire and eye.
Spessartine forms a solid solution series with the garnet species almandine. [4] [5] Well-formed crystals from this series, varying in color from very dark-red to bright yellow-orange, were found in Latinka, Rhodope Mountains, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria. [12] Spessartine, like the other garnets, always occurs as a blend with other species.