Garnet and Amethyst silver earring - Garnet gemstone earring - Garnet and Amethyst high quality sterling silver earring

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Natural Garnet and Amethyst stones earring - Sterling silver earring - Garnet and Amethyst gemstones earring - Garnet earring.

This is a handmade 925 sterling silver Blood stone pendant. I used a high quality natural gemstone. Hallmarked 925 sterling silver.

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Garnet is found the world over, and though commonly known to be red, it is in fact found in a variety of colors . The distinctive title Garnet is derived from the Latin name Granatum, a pomegranate, because of the resemblance the granular varieties of Garnet bears to the seeds of that fruit. Garnets vary in size from a grain of sand to the size of an apple. According to the Roman historian Pliny, the large dull-colored "Carbunculus of India" (a variety of Garnet) used to be hollowed out into vessels which would hold as much as a pint. Garnets were used in the former Czechoslovakia as far back as the Bronze Age, and in Egypt more than five thousand years ago. They were used in Sumeria around 2100 B.C. and in Sweden between 1000 and 2000 B.C. They were also popular in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.