The name "garnet" is derived from the Latin word "granatum", meaning "seed" or "grain". This name refers to the similarity of the bright red garnet stones with the seeds of the pomegranate. Garnet stones come in a range of colors, including red, orange, yellow, green, purple, brown, black, and even colorless. The most famous color is deep red.

• Chemical formula: X₃Y₂(SiO₄)₃, where
• mineral group: silicates
• hardness: 6-6.5 moh
• Location: USA, Brazil, Madagascar, India, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Malawi

Garnet gives you more strength and energy, perseverance, willpower and vitality. It is therefore a good stone in crisis situations that seem hopeless. He gives you the courage to continue and strengthens your inner strength. It gives you more hope, optimism, zest for life and makes you cheerful and full of life again. It can be supportive if you are depressed.

Chakra: 1st