Garnet is one of the semi-precious stone which is generally Light Red, Violet, Red, White, Green, Yellow, Brown, and black in color. On the scale of Mohs hardness, they are given a score which lies between 6.5 to 7.5. They again belong to Quartz as far as mineral class is concerned and are widely found in countries like Burma, Sri Lanka, South Africa, China, USA, Tanzania, Madagascar, India, and Australia.

The next gemstone in our list which is again a member of quartz mineral family is famous for its variety of colors and that too of different families. Sometimes even the constituent of garnet varies from stone to stone. The name of this beautiful stone is origin from its shape and color which resembles the seeds of a pomegranate. Though garnets are found in a variety of colors still some of the colors like red, violet, green, yellow, brown and black are common in many of the gemstones. Garnet as a gemstone is found in a large variety some of which are Grossularite, Pyrope, Almandine, Rhodolite, etc. Apart from the beauty of these gemstones, it is used in medicines since an ancient era.