GEMOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF GARNET
- Color Colorless, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, purple, brown and black
- Family Garnet
- Specific Gravity 3.4 – 4.1
- Refractive Index 1.72 – 1.89
- Lustre Vitreous
- Crystal System Isometric (Cubic)
- Transparency Transparent to translucent
- Chemical Formula X3Y2(SiO4)3 (where X and Y vary by species)
- CompositionVaries by species