Silver garnet jewelry has been widely known for thousands of years. Many discoverers and travelers wore silver garnet jewelry for protection, as garnets were considered popular talismans and protective stones.
Garnet received its name from the ancient Greeks because it reminded them of the "granatum" or pomegranate seed.

Garnet is a gemstone which is in high demand. Garnet is often worked into pieces of jewelry especially since today not only the traditional gemstone colors red, blue and green are cherished by the consumer, but the intermediate shades and hues are also very popular.

Garnet today easily adapts to any new color trend in fashion due to the rich range available. Garnet is the birthstone for January. A wide variety of colors await those with this January birthstone. A woman lucky enough to have January birthday receiving silver garnet jewelry as a gift, as it is the jewelry that everybody wants in their jewelry box.
The tradition of birthstones is imbedded in our modern culture and birthstone jewelry is as popular as it ever was, and you can choose from an endless selection of items adorned with these special gems.

Garnet is a denomination for a group of over ten different gemstones with a similar chemical structure. Red is the one which occurs most frequently, but there are also green, pale to bright yellow, fiery orange and fine earth- and umbra-shades. Only blue is not available in garnet. Today science explained to us that the proverbial luminosity of Garnet is caused by its high refraction of light.

Cut and proportion of gem stones are extremely important because they have the greatest influence on the sparkle and value of a stone. The size gem stone is defined by its weight, which is expressed in carats. Before deciding on silver garnet jewelry design, it is advisable to spend time looking into a variety of settings with gem stones or other stones comparable to the stones you are incorporating into your own jewelry items.
A gem stone that is well cut reflects light from one facet to another and disperses it back through the top of the stone. It may be beneficial to think of the gem stone color grades as you might think of the endless variety of shades within a specific color of paint.

Garnet major sources include Madagascar, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Brazil. Today Garnet is found in the Czech Republic, and the stones are still arranged in the traditional way, tightly joined, so that the attraction of the classical silver garnet jewelry is caused by the beauty of the stones only.

Silver garnet jewelry is always popular. It is about a sensual experience in mind and body. Silver garnet jewelry stands as the signature of the wearer, but also shows off the wearer's personality - cluing us into the wearer's intellect, beliefs, aspirations, or even secret desires.