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serif"></font></strong></td> <td width="75%"><table width="100%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr class="main-txt"> <td width="100%" align="left" valign="top"><div align="left"> <p><strong><font size="6" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><em>GEMSTONES</em></font></strong></p> <p><strong>GARNET</strong></p> <p align="justify"><br /> <img src="images/garnet.jpg" width="200" height="200" hspace="10" vspace="2" align="left" /><em>Birthstone of January</em><br /> <em>The rock of friendship; the rock to take on The Ark</em><br /> <strong>This</strong> stone is not just one gem, but an entire family of gems found in almost every part of the world and available in every color except blue. As a birthstone, the Garnet stands for constancy, true friendship and fidelity, a fact which makes the Garnet an especially appropriate gift for one's family or friends. <br /> <br /> Best known among the members of the Garnet family are the deep red varieties, Pyrope and Almandite. Pyrope, which derives its name from the Greek word meaning "firelike". The Pyrope lends itself especially well to massed effects. It is often seen in the elaborate designs popular during the Victorian era. The Pyrope Garnet figured in the ancient Talmudic legend which held that the only light in Noah's Ark was supplied by an enormous red Garnet. The connection with fire remained strong with the Romans, too. They coined the name "Carbuncle", meaning fiery gem, by which red garnet was known until very recently. Sages in India identified red garnet with the sun. <br /> <br /> Many rank as their favorite Garnet the green Demantoid, so called because it possesses more dispersion than that of a diamond (Dutch "demant", meaning diamond-like), the rarest and most expensive of all Garnets. Many pieces of Victorian jewelry made between 1885 and 1915 featured Demantoid. <br /> The Hessonite, known as "the cinnamon stone of Ceylon" (Sri Lanka), is a handsome stone found in shades of golden orange and cinnamon brown. A cameo of this stone depicting the head of Christ is in the gem collection of the American Museum of Natural History.<br /> <br /> A violet shade of Garnet known as Rhodolite came into vogue in Greece between the reign of Alexander and the conquest of Rome. It was imported into the country after Alexander popularized the cutting of cameos from various precious stones. Gem cutters immediately took to this gem because a Garnet could be cameo-cut with relative ease. The public was attracted to the purplish color. The term "Rhodolite" dates from 1898 when it was proposed as a term for newly discovered, rhododendron-color garnets in North Carolina.<br /> Garnet is a very practical stone being quite hard and tough. It makes an excellent gemstone for ring wear. Garnets called Malaya and Spessartite that remain mostly sought by collectors. </p> <p><strong>Special care: </strong>normal; avoid sudden temperature changes. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>GARNET<a name="TSAVORITE_" id="TSAVORITE_">—TSAVORITE</a></strong> <br /> <em>a newcomer from Kenya</em> <br /> <br /> This stone is a rare and beautiful newcomer to the gemstone kingdom. This breathtaking green stone is found only in East Africa where it was discovered during the 1960s. It was dubbed “Tsavorite” after the Tsavo National Park in Kenya, by Tiffany & Co. in 1971.<br /> Garnet is not just one gem, but an entire family of gems found in almost every part of the world and available in every color except blue. Garnet, so called by the ancient Greeks because the color reminded them of the "granatum," or pomegranate seed. The roots of this gemstone can be traced to the Nile Delta in 3100 b.c., where Egyptian artisans would craft them into beads or inlay them into hand-wrought jewelry. </p> <p><br /> Garnet is the traditional birthstone for the month of January, however, red need not be your color of choice if you are born in this month. Tsavorite is far more exciting than most of the other Garnets. Difficult to find in sizes above 5 carats. You can expect to pay from $2,000 to $5,000 per carat for a stone of very fine quality. It has the appearance of a very fine Emerald. Most of the time it is without eye-visible inclusions.</p> <p><br /> <strong>Special care instructions: </strong> Like other Garnets, Tsavorite is a very durable stone and will withstand abrasions and scratches more than most other colored gemstones. </p> <p><br /> </p> <p><br /> </p> <p><br /> </p> </div></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></font></p> </div> <p> </p></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="background-repeat:repeat-y"> </td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table width="882" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="342" height="13" align="left" valign="bottom" class="copy-txt">© Copyright 2008. Altobelli. 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