What’s that? You didn’t know that garnet comes in many colours, not just red? While garnet may most commonly be red, they also can be pink, orange, yellow, purple and green! Rhodolite is one of our favourites. Rhodolite is from the pyrope group of garnets and can range in colour from reddish pink to reddish purple. These rhodolite garnet stud earrings are a tangy yet warm reddish-pink.

Garnet in general is very rarely treated so the colour and clarity of garnet is all natural. It is a relatively soft stone with roughly the same hardness as glass. It’s best used in a pendant, earrings or cocktail (occasional wear) ring.

Garnet is also the birthstone for January. While we have nothing against the traditional red garnet (usually referred to as a Mozambique garnet), we do find it’s over represented in traditional birthstone jewellery. Our goal is to offer something a little different!