Garnet is a semi-precious gemstone found around the world. One of the hardest minerals available, garnet has been a favorite gemstone across time as it is today, and is also used an industrial abrasive for sandpaper, glass polishing and other industrial purposes, with Mohs hardness of 7-8 (higher than quartz). Garnet is a group of minerals with slightly different chemistries and similar crystal structure. Our garnets are found as intact trapezoihedron (24sided) crystals, in layers of soft, mica-rich soil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarnetGarnet is a semi-precious gemstone found around the world. One of the hardest minerals available, garnet has been a favorite gemstone across time as it is today, and is also used an industrial abrasive for sandpaper, glass polishing and other industrial purposes, with Mohs hardness of 7-8 (higher than quartz). Garnet is a group of minerals with slightly different chemistries and similar crystal structure. Our garnets are found as intact trapezoihedron (24sided) crystals, in layers of soft, mica-rich soil.
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Crystal systems
Mohs hardness
Rocks, Geology
Star Garnets are a rare form of the garnet crystal. The “star” quality or “asterism” is created from minute rods of rutile (TiO2) titanium oxide crystals, that form inclusions within the gemstone, oriented to reflect light from inside the stone. Star Garnet was designated the official Idaho state stone in 1967. More rare and precious than either star rubies or star sapphires, the Idaho garnet is usually dark purple or plum in color, with four-rays in the star typically, but rare six-rays (as in a sapphire) are occasionally found in Idaho.
Idaho is known as “The Gemstone State” with mountains containing veins of gold, silver, lead, zinc, cobalt, copper, and many other rare minerals including the star garnet, jasper, opal, jade, topaz, zircon, and tourmaline. Idaho is one of only two locations in the world to produce 6-ray star garnets, the other being Sri Lanka.
USFS Emerald Creek Garnet Area
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