It's a type of garnet: 3 Garnet group endmember species 3.1 Pyralspite garnets – aluminium in Y site 3.1.1 Almandine 3.1.2 Pyrope 3.1.3 Spessartine 3.1.4 Pyrope–spessartine (blue garnet or color-change garnet) 3.2 Ugrandite group – calcium in X site 3.2.1 Andradite 3.2.2 Grossular 3.2.3 Uvarovite 3.3 Less common species 3.3.1 Knorringite
Hi there, I just the the Forest Tourmaline that i just received,and this garnet is fantastic! Can you give me an idea of the Garnet's size in comparison? I think i can tell that it's much bigger, but i'm not familiar enough yet :o)