Hessonite Garnet

Most grossular garnet gemstones are green, hessonite, also called cinnamon stone, has an orange-brown color because it ranges in color from honey-yellow to orange-brown and brown-red. It usually displays a milky clarity with areas of less transparency. Usually earth mined in Brazil, India, Canada, Madagascar, Tanzania, United States and Sri-Lanka it is a common and cheap gemstone with really affordable prices. It can be found with good quality and large size at low price and it is able to create attractive and desirable jewels. Hessonite garnet gemstone are usually used in jewelry cause its healing properties, wearing an hessonite gemstone can bring success, longevity, good fortune and wealth. It has an hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale, like any other garnet gemstones.