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A farm girl gathers red sparks from her father's plowed fields, and they become the jewelry Victorian Europe fell in love with. The story of Bohemian garnets.

Over a bowl of pomegranate seeds, a mother tells her daughter the myth of Persephone, and why the garnet, named for those seeds, is a promise to return.

Noah's glowing lantern, Persephone's pomegranate seeds, Anglo-Saxon warriors' gold and the Bohemian fields of fire: the legends of garnet.

On a stormy night when the power goes out, a grandmother lights a candle and tells her grandson the legend of the glowing red stone that lit Noah's ark.

A practical guide from David’s to choosing garnet, asking the right questions and caring for your piece.

As the new year begins, garnet sets the tone with deep, glowing color and powerful symbolism. January’s birthstone is far more than a red gem — it’s a symbol of protection,...

  Thousands of years ago in ancient Rome, signet rings with carved garnets were used to stamp the wax that secured important documents. Later the Aztecs and the Eastern Asiatic...