Garnet Crystal Formation

Garnet in Galena Crystal Formation
 
Dimensions:
Size: 21.2mm x 20.9mm x 23mm 
Weight: 14.16g
 
 
Birthstone:  January
Keywords: Vitality. Protection. Karma.
Affirmation: "I own my power and actions"
 
 
Garnet is a magnesium aluminum silicate mineral containing iron and chromium, they form in igneous rocks under immense pressure and heat. Garnet is usually a deep red, with varieties of orange, brown and bright green colours. 
 
Starting as micro granules in a Schist Matrix they form alongside many minerals growing at conversant pate boundaries whereby shale responds to metamorphism and immense pressure causes chemical bonds to break and re crystallize. 
 
Garnets have been prized throughout history, a necklace has been found with Garnet beads that dates back to 3000 BC. The name Garnet comes from Latin “Granatum”, and translates to 'many seeds', with reference to pomegranate seeds. It is said that to dream of a Garnet will lead to the solution of a mystery. 
 
Garnets have long had an association with blood, due to their colour. Although many people associate them with healing wounds and invulnerability, some tribes actually used them as bullets with the belief they would cause more deadly wounds than normal bullets. In 1892, the Hanzas used garnet bullets against British troops on the Kashmir frontier.
 
A stone of love and devotion, easing inhibitions and self confidence fortifying ones survival instincts. Red Garnet stimulates Kundalini Energy, bringing courage and hope bypassing resistance and unconscious sabotage.
 
A strong karmic stone Garnet will bring “good” or “bad” energies, generously giving protection and warnings to danger. Useful for dissolving past life trauma and old behaviour.
 
Cleanse your crystal by placing it under the moon or sunlight.
 
It was said to be one of the four stones given to King Solomon by God to rule over creation, and Noah was said to have taken a finely cut glowing garnet that helped him tell the difference between night and day when the Sun and Moon stopped shining during the flood.  
 
In Muslim lore, the Koran tells us that a Garnet illuminates the Fourth Heaven, whereas in Hindu beliefs the fingernails of the dead demon Vala fell into lotus ponds on earth as Hessonite Garnets.