{"id":1607,"date":"2017-01-14T01:34:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T01:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpbeta.simple.biz\/mcintosh55\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2023-03-04T15:34:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T20:34:07","slug":"garnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpbeta.simple.biz\/mcintosh55\/garnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Garnet the January Birthstone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Garnet\u00a0the\u00a0<\/strong>January Birthstone<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Garnet species are found in a rainbow of\u00a0colors including red (almandine, pyrope\u00a0and\u00a0hessonite), orange (spessartine), yellow, green (tsavorite, uvarovite and andradite), purple, brown, blue, black, pink, and colorless, with reddish shades most common.\u00a0One\u00a0variety of pyrope from Macon County, North Carolina\u00a0\u00a0is a violet-red shade and has been called\u00a0rhodolite<\/i>, often confused with ruby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is considered a great gift to symbolize friendship and trust. Garnet also symbolizes a light heart, loyalty and enduring affections.<\/p>\n

As with many precious and semi-precious stones, these semi-precious gems\u00a0were once believed to hold medicinal powers. In Medieval times, it protected its wearer against poisons, wounds and bad dreams, and cured depression. Red garnets relieved fever, hemorrhages and inflammatory diseases.<\/p>\n

In the former Czechoslovakia, evidence of garnet jewelry dating to the Bronze age was found in ancient graves. Garnet jewelry has also been discovered dating back to 3100 B.C. in Egypt, 2300 B.C. in Sumeria, and 2000-1000 B.C. in Sweden. They\u00a0were treasured in 3rd and 4th century Greece. They continued in popularity during Roman times as both jewelry and abrasives. Across the Atlantic, Pre-Columbian Aztec and Native Americans also used these gems\u00a0in their jewelry and\u00a0ornaments and as abrasives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Garnet\u00a0the\u00a0January Birthstone Garnet species are found in a rainbow of\u00a0colors including red (almandine, pyrope\u00a0and\u00a0hessonite), orange (spessartine), yellow, green (tsavorite, uvarovite and andradite), purple, brown, blue, black, pink, and colorless, with reddish shades most common.\u00a0One\u00a0variety of pyrope from Macon County, North Carolina\u00a0\u00a0is a violet-red shade and has been called\u00a0rhodolite, often confused with ruby. It is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[386],"tags":[394],"class_list":["post-1607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monthly-birthstones","tag-birthstone"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t