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Common End-Member Garnet Species

Species

Chemical Formula

Color

Almandine

Fe3Al2(SiO4)3

Red, brown-red, purple-red

Pyrope

Mg3Al2(SiO4)3

Red, purple

Spessartine

Mn3Al2(SiO4)3

Orange, red-orange, red-brown

Grossular

Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

White, orange, brown, green

Andradite

Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3

Yellow, green, brown, black

Uvarovite

Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3

Deep green

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Rare End-Member Garnet Species

Calderite

(Mn2+,Ca)3 (Fe3+Al)2(SiO4)3

Dark yellow to yellow-brown or reddish brown

Goldmanite

Ca3(V,Al,Fe3+)2(SiO4)3

Dark green to brownish green or grass green

Hibschite

Ca3,Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x

Colorless, white, gray, green, bluish green, pink

Katoite

Ca3 Al2(SiO4) 3-x(OH)4x

Colorless or milky white

Kimzeyite

Ca3(Zr,Ti)2(Si,Al,Fe3+)3O12

Brown

Knorringite

Mg3Cr2(Si04)3

Blue-green to lilac, dark green when synthetic

Majorite

Mg3(Fe,Al,Si)2(SiO4)3

Purple-violet, colorless, or yellowish-brown

Morimotite

Ca3T1Fe2+Si3O12

Black

Schorlornite

Ca3Ti4+2(Fe3+2Si)O12

Black to very dark brown

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Some of these rare gamets are, so far, extremely rare: Majorite has only been found in meteorites, and several others have been found in just a very few locations

 

 

 

 


 

 

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