Star garnet

Star Garnet
Star Garnet is an almandine, a type of garnet that has an asterism (a six-pointed star that reflects light) making it look star-shaped. It ranges in color from a deep red to a brownish red.

Star garnet
A highly unusual form of garnet is the rare four-rayed almandine star garnet. While almandine garnets (also known as ‘almandite’) are the most common variety of garnets, those displaying the star are not at all common.

STAR GARNET
A "star garnet" is almandine that exhibits an asterism. Almandine is a type of garnet that ranges in color from deep red to reddish-brown.
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Star garnets: Almandines that exhibit an asterism.
Star Sapphires: Natural sapphires that exhibit an asterism. These can be quite valuable if the star is centered and well-defined.
Stater: A silver coin from ancient Greece.

Star garnet from Idaho.
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Garnet displays the greatest variety of color of any mineral, occurring in every color except blue.

The asterism of the star garnets is caused by asbestiform pyroxene and amphibole inclusions.

Star garnets are almandines that exhibit an asterism. Almandine has a hardness of 7.5 and a specific gravity of 3.85-4.20.

AsterismAn asterism is a star-like luminous effect that reflects light in some gemstones, like star sapphires and star garnets. Aurora Borealis(abbreviated AB) A name for faceted glass beads that have an added iridescent coating.

The most common garnet, usually dark brownish to purplish red. Four- and six-ray star garnet cabochons are supplied primarily by India and Idaho, with fine six-ray stars being fairly uncommon.
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Asterism: A star-like luminous effect caused by reflections of light in some stones, like Star Sapphires and Star Garnets.
ATW: Stands for the Approximate Total Weight, in carats, of a gemstone.

Almandine is a type of violet-tinged variety of garnet that ranges in color from deep red to reddish-brown. Almandine is the most common kind of garnet. Star garnets are almandines that exhibit an asterism. Almandine has a hardness of 7.

Almandine
The most common variety of garnet, Almandine is violet-tinged and ranges in colour from deep red to reddish-brown. Star Garnets are almandines that exhibit an asterism ...

It is violet-tinged and ranges in color from deep red to reddish-brown. Some Almandine garnets display asterism when polished as cabochons and are known as "Star Garnets. Hardness=7.5, S.G.=3.85-4.20.

Usage: Almandite is said to be particularly useful for strengthening the heart, to inspire love and to perceive truth.
Some Almandine garnets display asterism when polished as cabochons. Such specimens are known as "Star Garnets".

variety of garnet that ranges from a deep rich red to purplish red to orange reddish-brown color. The most valuable stones contain less orange and brown. There are many varieties of garnet, but almandine is the most common. The star garnet which ...

There is also color change garnet that reveals strong purplish red in incandescent light to bluish green in fluorescent light. And star garnet--found in the United States in a reddish purple variety--displays a faint four-rayed star, ...

gemstones - the more so because today it is not only the classical gemstone colours red and green which are so highly esteemed, but also the fine hues in between. Furthermore, the world of the garnets is also rich in rarities such as star garnets and ...

See also: Star, Garnet, Crystals, Crystal, Jewel