Identification of garnet

Identification of garnet and other jade
Red stone, red zircon have dichroism, red zircon also has a strong double shadow, and garnet has no double, so it is easy to distinguish from garnet; Spinel color is generally light, detailed identification to use instruments. All kinds of natural garnets have some flaws or crystalline inclusions (such as acicular stone, some gas-liquid two-phase inclusions, etc.), while garnets and glass are often very clean, or have spherical breadcrumb-like bubbles, which are strong red under Chelsea. In fact, for some specific garnets, it can also have its own unique characteristics, such as the emerald garnet (a green variant of calcium iron garnet) often has "horsetail" fibrous inclusions.
In addition, the so-called "green green pomegranate" on the market has nothing to do with garnet, in fact, it is grape stone. Grape stone is not a green garnet, the two are completely different concepts. In the market, grape stone and green garnet are lined for nothing more than monetary interests. The value of garnet is very expensive, and the price is extremely rare in the market compared to diamonds.
The identification of garnet and its imitation products
Imitation of garnet is very, very rare. It's easy to tell. The identification of garnet mainly starts from the following four points:
(1) If the color of garnet is super bright and transparent, if the price is very attractive, take it easy, there is a problem.
(2) Look at the impurities of cotton wool, garnet is easy to have black spots and ice cracks.
(3) Garnet is heavier than ordinary crystal, hold it in your hand, if it is lighter than powder crystal, you must be vigilant.
(4) Garnet is more delicate, the surface feel is very smooth, it feels very comfortable and oily ~ and in the hand has a cool feeling, Qingxin, not the powder crystal "glass" feeling.