Garnet

Garnet is a family of related mineral species rather than a single stone. The family covers deep red almandine and pyrope, raspberry rhodolite, orange spessartite, honey Mali garnet, and green grossular varieties including tsavorite.

Garnets are one of the few gem families where untreated is the norm. The stones in our collection are untreated as standard, and treatment status is stated on every listing.

Nearly every color except blue. Red dominates the market, but rhodolite leans raspberry, spessartite is orange, Mali garnet is honey to yellowish green, and tsavorite is a saturated green that rivals emerald.

Tsavorite is the green variety of grossular garnet, found mainly in Kenya and Tanzania. Fine tsavorite above two carats is scarcer than comparable emerald, and unlike emerald it is typically untreated and eye clean.

By species. In reds the goal is depth without blackness, a stone that stays lively in low light. In oranges, a clean open color. In tsavorite, saturation and clarity carry almost the entire value.

Garnets measure roughly 6.5 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale depending on species, which suits rings, pendants, and earrings in regular wear. Protective settings are sensible for everyday rings.

Every garnet ships with the Sosna Gems Colored Stone Report, our internal documentation. Independent laboratory certification can be arranged on request for any stone.

Yes. The online collection is only part of our sourcing reach. Contact us with the species, color, and size you are looking for, and we will search individually.

Judge them in evening light. Many red garnets look identical in daylight and separate sharply at dusk, where the finer stone keeps its red and the weaker one goes dark. That behavior matters more than a small difference in weight.