Demantoid garnet
デマントイド・ガーネット
翠榴石
Demantoid garnet
Grenat démantoïde
Glossary
Thematic
Jewellery, Material
Demantoid garnets, a green, and very lustrous type of garnet. They have characteristic inclusions that look like horsetails. Demantoid garnets has a hardness of 6-7 and a specific gravity of 3.8 - 3.9. This variety of garnet is mostly found in antique jewellery. Like all garnets, it has an adamantine luster (diamond luster).