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a garnet so blood-red the Greeks named it for fire itself.
means A deep red variety of garnet, often used as a gemstone, prized for its rich fiery color.
from From Greek 'pyropos,' meaning 'fiery-eyed' or 'fire-faced' — a marriage of 'pyr' (fire) and 'ops' (eye, face). The same 'pyr' burns through 'pyre,' 'pyromaniac,' and 'pyrotechnics.' The Greeks applied the word to anything that seemed to glow like a live coal; later mineralogists narrowed it to this particular blood-red garnet that looks as if it's smouldering from within.
- name origin
- From pyropos, Greek for fiery-eyed
- chemistry
- Magnesium aluminum silicate, almost never pure
- deep birth
- Forms in mantle rocks over 100km down
- diamond clue
- Miners track it to find diamonds
- bohemian craze
- Fueled Victorian-era garnet jewelry obsession
pyrope garnet almandine series — deep red gemstone variety found in kimberlite pipes in south africa, comprising magnesium aluminum silicate with distinctive deep crimson color
bohemian garnets — pyrope garnets mined in the czech republic since the 14th century, historically used in european royal jewelry