#uvarovite

[wizard-irl]

Garnet Care Guide

Composition: X₃Y₂(SiO₄)₃ where X is either Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Fe²⁺, or Mn²⁺ and Y is either Al³⁺, Fe³⁺, or Cr³⁺.

Hardness: 6-7.5 (scratched by a steel nail or drill bit)

Varieties

Almandine (Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3)

Pyrope (Mg3Al2(SiO4)3)

Spessartine (Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3)

Andradite (Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3)

Grossular (Ca3Al2(SiO4)3)

Uvarovite (Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3)

Hydrosensitivity: Unreactive.

Photosensitivity: Unclear. Some sources say to avoid long term exposure to sunlight, others say that it isn't reactive. I'd err on the side of caution.

Thermosensitivity: Reactive. Garnet is sensitive to heat and sudden changes in termperature.

Reactivity: Unreactive.

Fragility: Not fragile.

Toxicity: Not toxic.

Recommended care: Don't expose to sudden temperature changes and keep out of sunlight.

Conditions are described based on normal use. Sources and definitions below the cut.

Definitions

Composition: Chemical composition

Hardness: Mohs hardness, gauges how tough a crystal is

Varieties: List of varieties a crystal can be.

Hydrosensitivity: Ability to be damaged or altered by exposure to or lack of water. Crystals should never be submerged in water for long regardless of their hydrosensitivity, and salt water can damage crystals no matter what.

Photosensitivity: Ability to be damaged or altered by light, often light with UV rays (sunlight).

Thermosensitivity: Ability to be damaged or altered by heat, often high heat.

Reactivity: Any other notable reactivities.

Fragility: Ease that the crystal breaks or scratches.

Toxicity: Note of anything toxic inherent to the crystal's chemical composition. Not toxic does not mean you should eat it!

Recommended care: The recommended course of action for this crystal.

Other notes: Any other care notes.

Sources

"Garnet", MinDat.

"Can Garnet Go in the Water? (And Sunlight?)", EarthEclipse.

"The Care of Minerals", Journal of the Russell Society.

"Solubility Data on 646 Common and Not So Common Minerals", MinDat.

[moon-crystals]

Crystals of green garnet with calcite on chromite. Deposit : Saranovskoye. Perm Region. Urals. Russia

[proxartist]

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[crystallineconscious]

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[alicejones49]

Uvarovite Meaning, Healing Properties, Facts, Benefits, Uses, and Care

Uvarovite boasts a luxuriant emerald green hue, setting it apart as the sole garnet consistently displaying this vibrant color. Honoring a Russian statesman in its name, it occasionally perplexes observers due to its profound green tone, leading to confusion with emerald. Moreover, discerning Uvarovite from dark green varieties of Grossular Garnet, such as Tsavorite, proves challenging despite their differing chemical compositions. Its scarcity in gem quality further underscores its rarity within the mineral world.

[updateswithchris]

Uvarovite Meaning, Healing Properties, Facts, Benefits, Uses, and Care

Uvarovite boasts a luxuriant emerald green hue, setting it apart as the sole garnet consistently displaying this vibrant color. Honoring a Russian statesman in its name, it occasionally perplexes observers due to its profound green tone, leading to confusion with emerald. Moreover, discerning Uvarovite from dark green varieties of Grossular Garnet, such as Tsavorite, proves challenging despite their differing chemical compositions.

[citrinerings]

Lustrous Enigmas: Uvarovite Jewelry with Mesmerizing Riddles

The Beautiful Uvarovite jewelry enables us to give generously to others in ways that benefit both sides when we are endowed with riches. It serves as a reminder that getting and giving are both privileges. An excellent piece of jewelry for developing a passion for our community is uvarovite jewelry. It specifically invites us to think about what we can do to assist others instead of what others can do for us.

[julithomas]

Natural Green Uvarovite Jewelry with 925 Sterling Silver

Uvarovite is the brilliant green color gemstone that belongs to the garnet group; these beautiful gemstones are carved into the most fantastic jewelry pieces that are alluring and enticing. The sheer and premium quality makes them special among the other garnet groups. Wearing the uvarovite Jewelry will put you in the glinting light, and they are the right fit to add to your jewelry collections.

[objecthusbandry]

I have a little slab of uvarovite in my house, and have been curious about its... So non-active nature?

It will move like once a week, only for basic needs of feeding, other time it just laying around, with its legs and arms tucked to the body. Is it like for all minerals? Yeah, I know, that they are spending all of they life in the caves, where nothing to do, but maybe it is a little unhealthy, how much it's actually laying down?

mineral objects are typically sedentary. nothing to worry about! of course if you're nervous you can get it checked out at the vet, but to me it seems fine

[waitingonthewind]

finally got around to wire wrapping this stone i bought ages ago

[magicalgirloftheday]

✧・ﾟ:*Today’s magical girl of the night is: Uvarovite garnet from Magical Girls (GREE)!✧・ﾟ:*

[critical-crystal]

Uvarovite Garnet

Garnets are a crystal that are found worldwide with a red, pink, green, orange, yellow, brown or black colouring. They are often referred to as the stone of commitment and comes in 9 other types: Almandine, Andradite, Grossularite, Hessonite, Malanite, Pyrope, Rhodolite, Spessartite and Red

In addition to what garnets usually do, Uvarovite garnets promote individuality without egocentricity, links the soul into its universal nature, stimulates the heart chakra, enhances spiritual relationships, helps during solitude, reduces inflammation, lowers fever and helps treat acidosis, leukaemia and frigidity

Uvarovite garnets should be worn on the earlobes, finer or over the heart and should be in contact with your skin. If doing a past life recall, place on 3rd eye

[anyataylortaylor]

Green with Envy: Transform Your Look with Uvarovite Jewelry Elegance

Hoist your style higher than ever with the spellbinding charm of uvarovite jewelry. Stun spectators with the lush green tones that bring out nature's beauty. Each piece oozes elegance and refinement, in a split second lifting any troupe from ordinary to extraordinary. Whether adorning a pendant, ring, or earrings, uvarovite jewelry adds a bit of extravagance and refinement to your look. Let the brilliant shimmer of uvarovite gems be your signature statement, mirroring your faultless taste and ageless elegance. Embrace the jealousy of all who observe you as you exhibit the unrivaled elegance of uvarovite jewelry.

[emmastone2905]

Uvarovite Meaning, Healing Properties, Facts, Benefits, Uses, and Care

Uvarovite Jewelry boasts a luxuriant emerald green hue, setting it apart as the sole garnet consistently displaying this vibrant color. Honoring a Russian statesman in its name, it occasionally perplexes observers due to its profound green tone, leading to confusion with emerald.Uvarovite is also referred to as the "Abundance Stone." Uvarovite garnets were first discovered in 1832 at the Saranovaskii mine in Russia, which is close to the Ural Mountains, by the Swiss-Russian scientist Henri Hess.

[angelicawatson]

Uvarovite Meaning, Healing Properties, Facts, Benefits, Uses, and Care

Often discovered in its drusy form, a naturally occurring surface layer of tiny dazzling crystals encircling a rock. Uvarovite is characterized by small, homogeneous crystals of calcium chromium silicate. It is occasionally fashioned into stunning jewelry in various forms including the Uvarovite Ring, Uvarovite Pendant, Uvarovite Earrings, Uvarovite Necklace, Uvarovite Bracelet. Tsavorite is most likely present in a crystal that is tumbling or faceted. Uvarovite is extremely meaningful as a present to a loved one because of its rarity, signifying what is valuable and timeless. Strong in energy, uvarovite promotes wealth and riches.

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[reddpenn]

Here is a potentially silly question: how do you feel about birthstones? Do you think they fit the months (by season or astrological sign)? Do you have other stones you'd rather see as birthstones?

Okay, so, birthstones make absolutely no sense.

I mean, look at this mess. We’re doing beryl and corundum twice! I get that they get Special Different Names for their Special Different Colors, but it's just lazy. And why are we giving some months cheap, common gemstones like garnet and amethyst while the poor June birthdays have to shell out tens of thousands of dollars for FREAKING ALEXANDRITE? That’s incredibly unfair! We should be picking birthstones that are all roughly the same price. And why do some months get multiple gemstones? I’ll tell you why: because nobody can agree on an official list and every attempt to standardize this thing has just added MORE birthstones to every month.

So obviously the answer is to standardize it again, by throwing out everything and starting over. Here are our goals:

Fair pricing. You should be paying roughly the same amount regardless of what month you were born in. We’re getting rid of those ridiculous outliers like diamond and alexandrite.

More customization potential! Nobody should be stuck with a stone they hate. We’re picking gemstones that come in multiple colors or varieties, so that everyone can choose a variant they like.

Wearability. Some birthstones are too fragile to be worn as jewelry. We need to replace them with stronger stuff.

No more duplicate gemstones. Every month gets a stone or family of stones with a unique chemical composition.

Now without further ado, I present to you:

The New And Improved List Of Birthstones With No Problems Or Flaws That Everyone Will Definitely Agree On And We Can Start Using Right Now Immediately

JANUARY: GARNET

I've got no problem with garnet. It's a fine, classic birthstone, so January can keep it. But I would like to see a little more garnet diversity. January birthdays shouldn’t be confined to just red. The garnet family of minerals contains a rainbow of different colors, like orange hessonite, green uvarovite, pink rhodolite, yellow grandite, and many more. They’re all garnet, so we should be wearing them all!

FEBRUARY: QUARTZ

The original birthstone of February was amethyst, which is… kinda boring. Super cheap and common and you only get one color? No, we can do better. February gets ALL the quartzes now. Keep wearing amethyst if you want, but also feel free to branch out into clear quartz, citrine, rose quartz, smoky quartz, rutilated quartz, tiger eye… actually, take all the agates too. If it’s quartz, it’s yours!

MARCH: SPODUMENE

March was originally aquamarine, but I’ll be giving all the beryls to May, so we need a different stone here. Let’s stick with that theme of pale pastels and go with spodumene. For an April birthday, bedeck yourself in green hiddenite, pink kunzite, or yellow triphane. Despite its subtle colors, your birthstone has some amazing fluorescence, with really cool pinks and oranges under a UV light.

APRIL: FELDSPAR

Diamond is too pricy for this list, so we’re replacing it with something less expensive and way more interesting. April will now be represented by the feldspar family. We’re talking labradorite, moonstone, amazonite, aventurine, and sunstone. While you don’t have much variety in color, your stones are full of shimmery schiller which glitters and shifts as it catches the light.

MAY: BERYL

May’s original birthstone was emerald, which is great and can stay, but we’re also adding its siblings! May is now represented by all beryls: Emerald, Aquamarine, Morganite, Bixbite, Heliodor, Goshenite, and whatever other varieties I’m forgetting to list. A bright and saturated rainbow of colors is represented here, so everyone born in May is sure to find something they like.

JUNE: ORGANIC GEMSTONES AND FOSSILS

It’s time to address the alexandrite in the room, and obviously we’re getting rid of alexandrite. A stone worth $15,000 to $70,000 a carat does not belong on the same list as friggin amethyst. Instead we’ll look at the other traditional June birthstone, pearl. The problem with pearl is that it’s a clear outlier in this list. An organic gemstone, by some definitions not even a mineral. Should we replace it? NO. We are OWNING it. All organic gemstones now belong to June. Pearl is joined here by jet, amber, coral, ivory, ammolite, petrified wood… in fact, June can have every fossil ever.

JULY: SPINEL

July was originally represented by ruby, which is a fine stone and won’t be kicked off the birthstone list - we’re just shuffling it down to September. Replacing ruby for July is spinel. (See, it’s funny because historically spinel has often been mistakenly identified as ruby! That's a little gemology humor for you.) Available in any hue you could possibly desire, spinel offers some nice color options to a month that previously only featured red. Of course if you want to keep wearing red, red spinel mimics ruby so well that you’ll barely notice the difference.

AUGUST: PERIDOT

Nope, we’re not changing this one. Peridot is the ideal gemstone and you ungrateful August whiners can die mad about it. HOW ABOUT YOU LEARN TO APPRECIATE PERFECTION

SEPTEMBER: CORUNDUM

Sapphire is a wonderful, classic stone and it deserves its spot on this list. But the corundum family has been separated for far too long, and we’re finally going to reunite them. Joining sapphire in September is its sister ruby. Between the pinks and reds of ruby and the many, many colors of sapphire, these two stones give September a nice variety of colors.

OCTOBER: TOURMALINE

Look, as gorgeous as opal is and as much as I love it, it is both way too pricy for our list and also TERRIBLE in jewelry. This stone is just too brittle to wear around from day to day and can be ruined just by getting it wet, which makes wearing your birthstone a huge hassle. We’ll kick opal out and hang on to October’s other traditional birthstone, tourmaline. Pink tourmaline may be classic, but this stone comes in plenty of other colors. Whether it’s brown dravite, watermelon elbaite, or the rare and beautiful blue indicolite, you can wear them all!

NOVEMBER: TOPAZ

November can keep topaz, but we’re not confining it to the color yellow. This stone comes in a huge variety of colors, and now they can ALL represent November. No further notes; it’s a nice, classic stone.

DECEMBER: ZIRCON

I dunno, I’ve had to come up with 12 of these, I’m burnt out. Sure, zircon, whatever.

“BUT WAIT,” you say. “Now instead of having a single color assigned to each month, almost every month is represented by almost every color, making it impossible to tell anyone’s birthstones apart and removing what made them special and recognizable as symbols!”

Well CLEARLY you didn’t read the title of this list.