This month’s birthstone is garnet. Garnet is said to help attract love, promote self confidence, and increase energy. Rather than referring to a single gemstone, however, ‘Garnet’ is in fact a family of six related minerals; almandine, andradite, grossular (varieties of which are hessonite and tsavolite), spessartite, and pyrope. Commonly thought of as a rich, dark red gemstone, garnet it occurs in a wide range of natural colours including; red, black, orange, brown, green and yellow. One of the most expensive forms of garnet is actually green (grossular and more particularly tsavolite) garnet.
Garnet has a hardness of 6.5 to 7.5 on the Moh’s hardness scale, so is excellent for use in designer gemstone jewellery.
Best Designer Jewellery has crawled the internet looking for some of the best garnet jewellery currently available and is delighted to bring you the following selection:
Gold Cuff Bracelet by Alcozer
Gold Cuff Bracelet by Alcozer
This stunning designer bracelet features red and green garnet semi-precious stones, opal Swarovski crystals and four 18mm Majorca pearls. The body of this unique bracelet has been created with two antique coins, five keys, an angel and a crown. The bracelet also features two dangling tassels, one with chains and the other with an 18mm majorca pearl as a finishing touch. This bracelet is available exclusively from Farfallina.
Was £225, Now £169
Next up is this absolutely gorgeous necklace from one of our favourite jewellery designers, Alex Munroe:
Original Sin Heart Locket - Alex Munroe
Original Sin Heart Locket - Alex Munroe
This delicate filigree locket has been made from 22 karat gold vermeil and is finished with ruby, garnet and tourmaline embellishments. It is no longer available directly from Alex Monroe, but you can still snap it up via Net-A-Porter, who describes it as ’a sweet gift with a go-anywhere appeal’.
£299
If you’re hankering after garnet earrings, then Sugarpuss London have an absolutely luscious selection:
Couture Silver & Almandine Garnet Rose Earrings
Couture Silver & Almandine Garnet Rose Earrings
According to the product description, these earrings are handmade from Karen hill tribe silver rose studs, sterling silver chain and ‘pigeon blood red’ almandine garnet with a natural silver finish (achieved by leaving the mica layer on top of the stone before cutting). Each of the almandine garnet briolettes has apparently been hand wrapped in sterling silver and then attached to the chain to give the effect of rose petals falling from the flower above. Gorgeous.
£85.00
Sugarpuss London also have these stunning Black Spinel & Rare Colour Change Garnet Dress Hoops:
Rare Colour Change Garnet & Black Spinel Dress Hoops
Rare Colour Change Garnet & Black Spinel Dress Hoops
Equally fantastic dressed up or down, these black spinel and colour change garnet earrings go with just about anything. The black spinel and colour change garnet used in this piece are said to be of AAA quality, completely natural and of African origin.
