Garnet
Garnet is a fine stone known for its rich palette of colors, including red, green and orange. It belongs to the silicate family and comes mainly from India, Russia and Africa.
Garnet is a fine stone known for its rich palette of colors, including red, green and orange. It belongs to the silicate family and comes mainly from India, Russia and Africa.
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At Bonnot Paris, our worldwide network enables us to meet all your requests for traditional or rare stones.
Each stone is selected for its rarity, clarity and ethics, guaranteeing traceability, exceptional quality and fair prices.
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The expertise of Maison Bonnot Paris is the result of an alchemy between tradition and innovation. Our stones are precision-cut, guaranteeing exceptional brilliance and symmetry.
Each piece is handcrafted in 18-carat gold, demonstrating our commitment to quality.
From the casting process to the final polish, each creation is the result of the meticulous work of four specialized craftsmen.
This collaborative process ensures that each piece of jewelry is a work of art in its own right.
Finally, we are committed to completing each piece within four weeks, combining speed and excellence.
Our know-how is the indelible signature of the quality and authenticity we offer our customers.
Garnets form a large family of minerals whose colors vary according to their chemical composition. Garnets come in shades of green, yellow, orange, pink and deep red.
There are many varieties, but we can mention rhodolite (pinkish-red), spessartite (orange-brown), tsavorite (green to emerald green) and malaya (pink-orange) garnets. The name garnet comes from the Latin granatium, meaning pomegranate, inspired by the fruit's burgundy-red color, and from the Greek puropus, as garnet was compared to eyes of fire.
Garnet is found all over the world, in Europe (Czech Republic), Africa (Tanzania, Namibia...) and Asia (Sri Lanka and India). Garnet has a hardness of between 7 and 7.5, and has been used in jewelry for thousands of years. Initially considered as a tool for polishing or engraving other gems, it flourished with the fall of the Roman Empire and was used by the so-called "barbarian" jewelers.
Today, it is widely used in jewelry making, and many famous creations incorporate garnets. This hair comb, for example, is anything but ordinary! It dates back to the Victorian era. Each of the pyrope garnets is rose-cut, a popular cut at the time. Sourced from the mines of Bohemia, now located in the Czech Republic, this magnificent piece is entirely covered in them.
Jewelers in Angers and Paris, we also create spinel engagement rings, if you're looking for a pretty red stone like some garnets.
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