5mm Garnet Faceted Beads Features:

ABOUT 4mm Sandstone Plain Beads: -

5mm Garnet Faceted Beads         Size: 5mm
5mm Garnet Faceted Beads         Shape: Bead (round in shape with a small hole in the center)
5mm Garnet Faceted Beads         No of beads: 200 - 240 beads on a string
5mm Garnet Faceted Beads         Type: Faceted Beads
5mm Garnet Faceted Beads         Length: 16 inches long
5mm Garnet Faceted Beads         Color: Black.

What is Garnet?

Garnet is a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. Garnets are most often seen in red, but are available in a wide variety of colors spanning the entire spectrum. The name "garnet" comes from the Latin granatus ("grain"), possibly a reference to the Punica granatum ("pomegranate"), a plant with red seeds similar in shape, size, and color to some garnet crystals.

Six common species of garnet are recognized based on their chemical composition. They are pyrope, almandine, spessartite, grossular (varieties of which are hessonite or cinnamon-stone and tsavorite), uvarovite and andradite. The garnets make up two solid solution series; 1. pyrope-almandine-spessarite and 2. uvarovite-grossular-andradite.