Garnets are a precious to semi-precious gemstone found in many types and colors; the most famous garnets include pyrope, tsavorite, almandine and grossular garnets, and their most recognized colors are deep burgundy red, bright green and shades of orange, although garnets come in every color of the rainbow including black, blue, pink and even color change varieties that turn from purple to green in incandescent lighting. Found all over the world, the majority of today's garnets are mined in South America. The word garnet originated in the 14th Century, England "gernet" which translates to mean "dark red", and from the Latin term "granutus", a direct reference to their word for pomegranate, "pomum granatum".
See Also: Birthstones, Tourmaline, Quartz