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How to identify garnet?
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To have a correct understanding,

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There are many colors, such as purple, pink, blue and so on. Generally speaking, the purer the garnet, the higher the value of bright garnet.

2. Feel the weight with your hands, feel the weight of garnet bracelets, and feel whether there is a stone texture. Garnet is generally heavy and can be distinguished from other imitations.

3. Look carefully and observe the transparency of garnet. Really good garnet, crystal clear and beautiful. Pseudogarnet is turbid. This may require the help of special tools. If the light is not good, you can try it at night.

4. The main thing is to observe carefully. Some garnet products are made of its scraps and then pressed and polished, which is not easy to distinguish from the real thing, so we should observe them carefully and judge them only by transparency.

5. Pay attention to the inside of the beads. Garnet products with average price will have some small spots after careful observation, but their transparency will not be affected. If every bead is crystal clear and cheap, it is defective.

Extended data:

Garnet, a geological term, is one of the main rock-forming minerals in the upper mantle. Garnet crystals are very similar in shape and color to pomegranate seeds, hence the name "Garnet". Garnet with good color and high purity can become a gem. Garnet, the English name of garnet, evolved from the Latin word "Granatum", meaning "like a seed". The common garnet is red, but its color variety is very wide, covering almost the whole spectrum of colors. According to their chemical composition, common garnets can be divided into six types, namely garnet, almandine, manganese almandine, andradite, calcium almandine and calcium chromium garnet.

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