Garnet Photos    
Cochise College               
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

wellerr@cochise.edu    copyright 2008-R.Weller

 
garnet-dodecahedron crystals

different colors of grossularite
At the mere mention of the word, garnet, a mental image of a dark brownish red color comes to
mind.  Most garnets seen in inexpensive jewelry are of this color, but the garnet family of minerals
has a surprising variety of colors.  In the photo below there are three dodecahedron crystals of
grossularite (a calcium-aluminum garnet).  One is a pale pink, another green, and one brown, all
colored by impurities.  Other members of the garnet family have even brighter colors of reddish-
purple, orange, dark pink, and dark olive green.
 

garnet
Photo is copyright free for non-commercial educational uses.
Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.