Garnet 5-8mm Natural Nugget - 15-16 Inch 40x55mm 9x6mm brass lantern beads

9x6mm brass lantern beads

It is extremely tough and resistant to fracture and has been used to make choppers and blades since Neolithic times

tan and ivory

greenish gray or black within the white or gray stone

Garnet 5-8mm Natural Nugget - 15-16 Inch 40x55mm 9x6mm brass lantern beadsGarnets are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. All species of garnets possess similar physical properties and crystal forms, but differ in chemical composition. The different species are pyrope, almandine, spessartine, grossular (varieties of which are hessonite or cinnamon stone and tsavorite), uvarovite and andradite.