4 Jan 2016

January Birthstone

Garnet is the birthstone for January. 



Meaning

It signifies eternal friendship and trust and is the perfect gift for a friend.  

Garnet, derived from the word granatum, means seed, and is called so because of the gemstone's resemblance to a pomegranate seed.  
References to the gemstone date back to 3100 B.C., when the Egyptians used garnets as inlays jewelry.  


Composition

Garnet is the name of a group of minerals that comes in a rainbow of colors, from the deep red of the pyrope garnet to the vibrant green of tsavorites.  

Where to find it?

Today, the most important sources for garnet are Africa, Sri Lanka, and India.

And of course at Daniel Henderson Jewellers Edinburgh!