The red Garnet is a semiprecious gemstone jewelry. Garnets range greatly in value, color, quantity, and popularity. The standards for which garnets and other semiprecious gemstones worth are determined vary greatly.

The name Garnet probably comes from pomegranate. Many ancient pieces of Garnet jewelry are studded with tiny red stones that do look a lot like a cluster of pomegranate seeds. The color of large Garnets gets too dark to be attractive.

Garnet is the January birthstone.

Tsavorite is a rare member of the Garnet family, occuring in a rich, deep Emerald green color. It was discovered in Tsavo National Park in Kenya and introduced to the jewelry trade in the 1970s. Tsavorite Garnet is more brilliant, durable and rarer than Emerald at a fraction of the cost!