FHH | Demantoid Garnet - A Lustrous Green Gemstone

Demantoid garnet

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).