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Garnet:
January»s Gemstone
Nearly everyone
thinks of garnet as a red gem. In fact, this family of gemstones
is available in all colors except blue. Garnets offer enough
variety in appearance to suit every taste.
There are
many ancient traditions and legends about garnets. Some
Hebrew writers include it as one of the 12 gems in Aaron»s
breastplate. Christian tradition long considered the blood-red
garnet symbolic of Christ's sacrifice. The Koran holds
that it illuminates the Fourth Heaven of the Moslems.
Garnet was said to give its wearer guidance in the night
allowing him to see when others couldn»t. Legend claims
that Noah hung a large garnet in the ark for illumination.
According to the Egyptians, garnet is an antidote for
snakebite and food poisoning.
Garnet is
the birthstone for the month of January and the anniversary
gemstone for the second year of marriage. Garnets are
found in Brazil, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India, Siberia,
Africa and the U.S.A.
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