Garnet · Pyrope Garnet

Pyrope

Pyrope is the small, blood-red 'Bohemian garnet' of antique jewellery. Modern sources include Arizona and South Africa, and chromium-rich stones give genuinely vivid red, but sizes stay small.

Colour
red

Transparency
Transparent

RI
1.714–1.742

SG
3.62–3.87

Mohs
7.0–7.5

Birthstone
January

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