Green Garnet Healing Properties
Garnet is generally burgundy, but rarely, it occurs as a very beautiful, rich and heavy semi-transluscent green stone, called Uvarovite, Tsavorite or Grossular Garnet. The Tsvaorite variety is generally the most expensive and brilliant green, while Uvarovite and Grossular Garnet tend to be more olive in color.
Mystical Properties: Most often referred to as a gemstone of money and prosperity, it is said to draw wealth to the wearer.
Sometimes mentioned as a gemstone to facilitate communication with magical creatures such as fairies, leprechauns other little people
Considered a gemstone of the Heart Chakra by Natural Healers. Thought to gently heal a broken heart. Considered a powerful healing gemstone, Green Garnet is thought to remove toxins and negativity, especially related to past hurts.
Sometimes mentioned as a gemstone of Aquarius.
Healing Properties: Green Garnet is considered an excellent healing gemstone, only needing cleansing once a month or so. Considered especially helpful for heart ailments.
Scientific Properties: Composed of Calcium Chromium Silicate, the stone gets it green coloration from Chromium. Garnet may occur as crusts, crystals or massive deposits. Garnet is generally identified in the field by its characteristic cubic hexoctahedral or dodecahedral crystals.
Garnet is really a family of stones: Pyrope ( generally the blood red variety), Almandine (Orangey-red to Brown), Andradite (Brown, Black and sometimes Yellowish-green to Yellowish orange), Grossular (Clear, Orange, Pink, Yellow, Green, Brown), Spessartine (Yellowish Orange), and Uvarovites (Deep Emerald Green), Tsavorites (Precious Green to Yellowish Green), Rhodolite (Purplish red to red), Hessonite (Yellow orange to red).
Important localities include Tanzania and Russia.
Hardness: 6.0 - 7.5 on the Moh's Hardness Scale