Commitment, warmth

These Garnet tiny rough crystals selections weigh 6-8g. Garnet is a group of igneous and metamorphic minerals with the same structure. The red garnets are Almandine and Pyrope. These deep red crystals are associated with love, energy, and regeneration. Garnet is a highly grounding stone with immense manifestation abilities. The flash and fire of Garnet inspire a sense of lightness and brightness, bringing joy and hope. This lessens anger, especially toward oneself. Garnet can illuminate dark places and dark souls. Garnet’s fire stimulates the survival instinct, bringing willpower and courage to a situation. Garnet brings internalised feelings and ideas to the surface, for you to act upon.

Powerful Garnet cleanses the chakras of negative energies and re-energises them. Use Garnet to balance the Sacral Chakra and sex drive. It also aids the controlled rise of Kundalini energy.

Garnet inspires love and passion, and devotion and loyalty. A stone of commitment, Garnet encourages personal relationships of all kinds. Garnet is recommended for people who tend to criticise.

Colour: black, brown, green, orange, red (many varieties)

Transparency: opaque, translucent, transparent

Lustre: resinous, vitreous

Crystal system: isometric

Fracture: conchoidal, uneven

Hardness: 6.5–7.5

Mineral group: silicates

Formula: X₃Y₂(SiO₄)₃ (X and Y = Al, Fe, Ca, Cr, Mn, Mg)

Major varieties: Almandine (red), Andradite (black, green yellow), Grossular (yellow), Pyrope (red), Spessartine (orange, red, yellow)

Location: Africa, Brazil, India, Sri Lanka, USA

Rarity: common (gem-quality rare)

Chakra: Root, Heart; varies by colour

Emotional: emotional balance, love, strength

Mental/intellectual: courage, focus, motivation

Spiritual: grounding, Kundalini energy, regeneration

Astrology: Aquarius, Leo, Capricorn

Number: 2

Birthstone: January