Garnet - The Birthstone of January “The Sign of Love”

Garnet is the birthstone of January and this jewel is considered for being the anniversary gemstone to celebrate two years of wedding. Many people confuse this gemstone with the dark red stone only, however, the fact is that this stone is found in almost every color from colorless to black, but the only color in which you may not be able to find this stone is blue. Argentina, Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, Germany, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Russia and some places of Scandinavia, Switzerland, Tanzania and the America are countries that are quite rich in this gemstone and here one can easily find good quality of this stone.

This gemstone is known to have a high specific gravity and this is the reason why it is quite heavy in weight. This makes the cost of this stone slightly more as compared to the other jewels of same size and carat weight.

Garnet the birthstone of January is considered as sign of love and when anyone presents this beautiful stone to his or her beloved then it is the indication of showing the desire for safe journey and speedy homecoming. This precious stone is well known to attract love and is famous to take you in the memories of your past life. Travelers are used to carry these stones for their protection from accidents because this stone is the symbol of ensuring a safe and happy journey. This stone is also known to provide assistance during the nighttime and hence is a shelter from the nightmares.

These stones have a hardness range of 6.5 to 7.5 on the Moh scale of hardness. Garnet, the gemstone of January is the ideal jewel the world of Jewelry. It is considered among those stones, which look pretty good in sterling silver rather than in gold.