Star Garnet Gemstone: Nneɛma, Nkyerɛase, Botae & Nea Ɛkeka Ho

Star garnet yɛ garnet aboɔden abo bi a ɛda hann a ɛyɛ hann pii adi wɔ n’anim a ɛte sɛ nsoromma. Wɔfrɛ ade a aniwa hu yi “asterism.”

Ebia nkɛntɛnso a ɛyɛ nwonwa no bɛma woasusuw ho sɛ: so nsoromma garnets yɛ abɔde mu nneɛma? Yep, saa abo a ɛyɛ nwonwa yi hyehyɛ fi awosu mu.

So nsoromma garnet ho yɛ na? Yiw, wɔn ho yɛ na yiye. Nnipa kakraa bi pɛ na wonim sɛ wonya nsoromma mu hwɛbea, ɛwom sɛ na Gemological Institute of America bu nsoromma mu hwɛbea sɛ “ɛabu so kakra.” Nanso, nsoromma garnet ho yɛ na sen nsoromma safir anaa nsoromma rubi.

Ɛyɛ den sɛ wobɛtetew nsoromma a wɔfrɛ no garnets afi Idaho, U.S.A., mu. Saa ɔman yi yɛ aboɔden abo a ɛdɔɔso a wɔbɛto din “Abohene Man,” nanso nsoromma garnet kura nidi sɛ ɛyɛ Idaho ɔman aboɔden abo a ɛyɛ aban de. Nea ɛka ho no, wonim Idaho nsoromma garnets sɛ ɛyɛ nea eye sen biara.

Ɛnnɛ, yɛbɛkɔ biribiara a ɛfa nsoromma garnets ho — agyapadeɛ, ayaresa tumi, abakɔsɛm, ne ne boɔ — sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wobɛtumi de ahotosoɔ atɔ saa aboɔden aboɔ yi.

Dɛn Ne Star Garnet?

Star garnet yɛ aboɔden abo a ɛsom bo fã bi , ɛwom sɛ ebetumi ayɛ sɛ aboɔden abo a ɛsom bo a wɔfrɛ no ruby ​​(titiriw nsoromma ruby).

Sɛ́ garnet no, ahwehwɛ no yɛ January awobo , Capricorn anaa Aquarius zodiac ɔbo , ne ayeforohyia afe a ɛto so abien abohene.

Da-da-da-dapɛn phenomenal awo abo lists — yiw, ɛno yɛ ade ankasa — kyerɛ nsoromma ruby ​​ma Dwoda, nanso nsoromma garnet betumi ayɛ ɔkwan foforo a ne bo yɛ den kɛse.

Sɛ wosakra gya kakra a, ɛyɛ dɛn na nsoromma garnet nya ne nsoromma? Wɔ aboɔden abo 60 a ebetumi ada nsoromma mu hwɛ adi mu no, dodow no ara de nkɛntɛnso no ka nneɛma pɔtee bi a wɔde ka ho.

Mpɛn pii no, nhama nketenkete a ɛyɛ akuwakuw a ɛyɛ den na ɛne ne ho di nsɛ na ɛyɛ nneɛma a wɔde ka ho, a mpɛn pii no rutile anaa asbestiform minerals. Ebetumi nso ayɛ ntakra, nkatanim, anaa nsukorade a ɛyɛ tokuru, bere tenten a ɛne ne ho di nsɛ no. Hann fi nneɛma a wɔde aka ho no mu dannan, na ɛyɛ hann nsensanee anaa “mframa” a ɛne ne ho di nsɛ.

Star Garnet Nkyerɛkyerɛmu & Su ahorow

Garnet mineral abusua no yɛ nea ɛyɛ den nanso ɛwɔ akuw ahorow bi a ɛka bom. Aboɔden abo atitiriw abien a ɛtoatoa so (a emu biara wɔ mmoa ahorow abiɛsa) ne pyralspite — pyrope , almandine , ne spessartite — ne ugrandite — uvarovite , grossular , ne andradite.

Nsoromma garnets hyɛ almandine ahorow anaa pyrope-almandine afrafra ahorow no ase, na ɛma wɔto din “asteriated almandine.”

Almandine ne garnet a abu so sen biara. Pyrope yɛ magnesium aluminium silicate, bere a almandine yɛ dade aluminium silicate. Pyrope-almandine garnets wɔ kɔla kɔkɔɔ tuntum a wɔde wɔn nsa ahyɛ ase a wɔde kyekyere garnet ho

Nsoromma garnet dodow no ara kɔla yɛ tuntum, na mpɛn pii no ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ tuntum.

Nsoromma garnet nneɛma a aka no ni:

• Mohs denden : 7.5

• Kɔla : Kɔla a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ kosi kɔkɔɔ, a bruu-tuntum, kɔkɔɔ-tuntum, anaa tuntum-akutu ka ho

• Ahwehwɛ nhyehyɛe : .

• Luster : Vitreous (ahwehwɛ) .

• Transparency : Ɛnyɛ nea ɛyɛ hann kosi nea ɛnyɛ hann

• Nneɛma a ɛma hann yɛ hyew : 1.72-1.94

• Nnipa dodow : 4.07-4.76

• Cleavage : Biara nni hɔ

• Akisikuru : Conchoidal

• Streak : Ɛyɛ fitaa

• Luminescence : Biara nni hɔ

• Pleochroism : Biara nni hɔ

Wobɛtaa ate sɛ wɔaka “nsoromma” abo ho asɛm aka “ɔkraman aniwa” abo ho — nanso so ɔkraman aniwa garnet bi wɔ hɔ?

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ: "Cat's eye" nkɛntɛnso a wɔada no adi wɔ chrysoberyl mu

Nsoromma Garnet vs. Ɔkraman Aniwa Garnet

Bere a nsoromma mu hwɛbea ho yɛ na kakra de, nanso abu so sen cat’s eye garnets . Cat’s eye garnets da aniwa so tumi a ɛte saa ara a wɔfrɛ no “chatoyancy” adi, na ɛda hann a ɛdannan a ɛte sɛ ɔkraman aniwa biako adi.

Sɛ hann a ɛwɔ nsoromma garnet so no mu biako pɛ na ano yɛ den na nea aka no yɛ mmerɛw a, eyi betumi ama wɔayɛ adwene sɛ “ɔkraman aniwa” ɔbo a ɛwɔ hann biako mmom. Wɔtwa cat’s eye garnets dodow no ara ankasa fi star garnet rough mu.

Sɛ yɛfiri mix-ups kɔ metaphysical mu a, momma yɛnhwɛ star garnet sɛnkyerɛnne kwan so no akyi.

Star Garnet Nkyerɛase & Abakɔsɛm

Garnet nyinaa yɛ adamfofa, ahobammɔ, ne akɔnnɔ ho sɛnkyerɛnne. Star garnet pɔtee nso gyina hɔ ma adwene foforo ne mfiase foforo.

Aboɔden abo a wɔde nsoromma ayɛ no wɔ wɔn ankasa honhom fam ntease. Wɔ abakɔsɛm mu no, na nkurɔfo taa nya gyidihunu wɔ nsoromma abo ho, na wogye di sɛ sɛ wɔhwɛ mu a, ɛde nsunsuanso a ɛma obi da.

Nanso, na gyidihunu a atwa ho ahyia no mu dodow no ara yɛ nea eye. Wɔ Asiafo amammerɛ mu no, wobu abo no sɛ ɛyɛ anigye. Afoforo gye dii sɛ abo no boa wo ma wukura gyidi mu na ɛbɔ wo ho ban fi bɔne ho.

Nokwarem no, aboɔden abo a nsoromma mu hwɛ te sɛ nsoromma garnet wɔ hɔ mfehaha pii ni.

Abakɔsɛm

Nkurɔfo nim abo a ɛyɛ asteriated ho asɛm bɛboro mfe 2,000 ni. Kyerɛwtohɔ a edi kan koraa no yɛ “Asterios” ho nkyerɛkyerɛmu a efi tete Misrifo kyerɛwfo Dionysius Periegetes hɔ bɛyɛ afe 100 A.Y.B.

Ɔfoforo a wɔkaa ho asɛm mfiase no fi tete Roma nhomanimfo a wagye din Pliny Ɔpanyin a ɔkaa Indiafo nsoromma bo bi a ɔtoo din “astrion” ho asɛm bɛyɛ afeha a ɛto so 1 Y.B. Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ na ɔbo yi yɛ ɔsram bo .

Nanso, nsoromma abo biako pɛ a wonim no mfehaha pii ne corundum (ruby anaa safir) ne feldspar ahorow te sɛ ɔsram abo ne owia abo .

Nsoromma garnets renda adi wɔ agude mu kosi 1800 mfe no awiei.

Mfonini a ɛwɔ atifi hɔ: Bere a wɔretutu fam ama Emerald Creek Star Garnets, bɛyɛ 1960 mfe no mu - Fernwood, Idaho | Mfonini no fi Steve Shook, Flickr

Nsoromma Garnets a ɛwɔ Idaho, U.S.A

Wɔ 1880 mfe no mfiase mu hɔ no, nkurɔfo a wɔwɔ Idaho, U.S.A., fii ase hwehwɛɛ garnet. Wofii ase yɛɛ aguadi mu nneɛma wɔ 1940 mfe no mu, nanso na wɔde garnet no di dwuma kɛse wɔ mfiridwuma mu.

Wohuu nsoromma garnet a edi kan a wohuu wɔ Idaho no wɔ akwanhyia mu. Wɔ 1937 mu no, ɛhɔnom nnuatwafo Ed “Shorty” Sexton hintiw wɔ ɔbo a ɛwɔ Emerald Creek mpɔtam hɔ no so. Ɔde asɛm bi too asiane mu wɔ pɔw no ho, na ɔtoo din “Shorty’s Diggins.”

Wɔ 1966 mu no, Sexton gyee asase a ɛyɛ hekta 40 fii aban nsam na obuee mu maa ɔmanfo tutu. Wobu akontaa sɛ ahɔho bɛyɛ 10,000 na wɔbaa beae a ɛtwetwe adwene no bere a na wɔreyɛ adwuma no. Kuw biako mu bi ne Kwae Dwumadibea adwumayɛfo a wɔhyɛɛ Sexton mmɔdenbɔ no ho nkuran, na wɔkae sɛ ɛno nkutoo ne beae a wohu garnet a eye saa wɔ wiase.

Ɛwom sɛ wɔato Sexton atwetwe no mu mprempren de, nanso U.S. Asase Ho Nhwehwɛmu a wɔyɛe wɔ afe 2009 mu no kamfoo Emerald Creek sɛ “ɛno nkutoo ne garnet a wotu kɔ so yɛ adwuma wɔ United States Atɔe Fam fi 1940 kosi 2005.”

Wɔ 1967 mu no, Idaho frɛɛ nsoromma garnet wɔ aban kwan so sɛ ɔman no aboɔden abo. Ɛde besi nnɛ no, nsoromma garnet a ɛsõ sen biara a wonim ne “Star of Idaho,” aboɔden abo a ne kɛse yɛ karat 3,322 a ɛwɔ mframa asia.

Sɛ ɛnyɛ ɔman no ahantan fibea ma Idahofo a, dɛn na nsoromma garnet ye ma?

Star Garnet Ayaresa Nneɛma

Te sɛ aboɔden abo nyinaa no, nsoromma garnet wɔ abɔde mu nneɛma a ɛma ɛyɛ ɔbo a ɛsa yare . Nsoromma kɔkɔɔ a emu dɔ te sɛ aboɔden abo kɔkɔɔ afoforo , ma anigye, ahoɔden, ne nkannyan nya nkɔso. Nsoromma garnet a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ ka aboɔden abo a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ afoforo ho ma wɔhyɛ honhom fam nyansa ne nkate mu nkate ho nkuran.

Star garnets are also great root chakra stones , bue saa ahoɔden mfinimfini yi de wo kari pɛ, pintinn, ne fapem ma ankorankoro nkɔso brɛ wo.

Na honam ne nkate fam ayaresa nso ɛ?

Nipadua mu Ayaresa

Mfaso a wɔkyerɛ sɛ ɛwɔ honam fam mfaso a ɛwɔ star garnet so no bi ne sɛ wɔbɛsa:

• Ɔbarima ne ɔbea nna ho akɔnnɔ a ɛba fam

• Nkwammoaa mu nneɛma a ɛsakra brɛoo

• Mogya a ɛnkɔ yiye

• Koma mu haw ahorow

• Aduannuru a wɔmfa nnye nipadua mu yiye

Wɔde nsoromma kɔkɔɔ garnets abata mogya a ɛkɔ nipadua no mu ne koma ho bere tenten wɔ amammerɛ ahorow mu.

Nkate mu Ayaresa

Wɔ nkate fam no, wogye di sɛ nsoromma garnet boa wo ma wutwam wɔ nsusuwii ne gyidi ahorow a ne bere atwam anaasɛ ɛnyɛ mmoa ho, na ebue ɔpon ma anigye, a ɛma denhyɛ.

Wɔkyerɛ nso sɛ ɔbo no ma adebɔ ne nyansa a wotumi yɛ no tu mpɔn, na ɛboa wo ma wode ahotoso di w’anigye a wowɔ sɛ wubehu nneɛma pii no akyi sen sɛ wubesiw wo ho adwenem naayɛ ano.

Star Garnet Aboɔden aboɔ Agyapadeɛ

Star garnet bo gyina ne kɔla, ne twitwa, ne carat mu duru so — gyinapɛn bo factors. Nanso, sɛ wobu nsoromma mu hwɛ bo a ɛsom no yɛ soronko efisɛ “mframa” dodow a ɛwɔ ɔbo no so no nso ka ne bo. Yɛbɛsan nso aka synthetics ne simulants ho asɛm.

Ahosuo

Kɔla nyɛ ade a edi kan a ɛsom bo ma nsoromma garnet, nanso ebetumi aka ɔbo no bo. Kɔla a ɛsom bo sen biara ne nsoromma garnet kɔkɔɔ a ɛhyerɛn.

Kɔla a wɔpɛ kɛse ne kɔkɔɔ ne kɔkɔɔ, bere a abo a kɔla yɛ bruu anaa tuntum no bo nyɛ den. Nsoromma garnet dodow no ara yɛ burgundy tuntum anaa tuntum-kɔkɔɔ.

Mframa Dodow ne Nea Ɛhyerɛn

Akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ ade a ɛho hia sen biara a ɛma nsoromma garnet bo yɛ den ne mframa a ɛbɔ no. Ɔbo no betumi anya nsoromma a ɛyɛ hann 3, hann 4, anaa hann 6, nanso nsoromma a ɛyɛ hann 6 na ɛho yɛ na na ɛsom bo sen biara.

Mprempren Idaho ne India nkutoo ne mmeae a wonim sɛ wonya nsoromma a ɛyɛ hann asia.

Bio nso, ɛsɛ sɛ hann no hann no hyerɛn sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɛbɛyɛ “nsoromma” a ɛda adi pefee. Nhwɛsode ahorow betumi anya mframa pii, ebinom hyerɛn sen afoforo, nanso nea ɛsom bo sen biara a wobetumi apaw ne nsoromma garnet a ɛhyerɛn pɛpɛɛpɛ, a hann 6 wom.

Pro tip : Hwɛ ɔbo no bere nyinaa wɔ owia hann ne kanea afoforo a ɛyɛ tẽẽ, a ɛhyerɛn ase ansa na woatɔ sɛ wubetumi a.

Nsoromma a ɛwɔ nsoromma garnet mu no betumi afi rutile a wɔde ka ho anaasɛ asbestiform minerals te sɛ amphibole anaa pyroxene a wɔde ka ho .

Twa

Star garnet ntumi faceted — anyɛ saa a, wobɛhwere optical effect no.

Mmom no, ɛkame ayɛ sɛ wotwitwa nsoromma garnet ma ɛyɛ cabochons nkutoo . Egye lapidarist a ɔwɔ ahokokwaw ne nimdeɛ pii na watumi atwitwa ɔbo no yiye ma enti ɛba awiei sɛ nsoromma a wotumi hu na ɛwɔ mfinimfini.

Carat Mu duru

Star garnets betumi ayɛ akɛse koraa, nanso ne su taa kɔ fam bere a carat mu duru a ɛkɔ soro no. Nsoromma garnet a ɛyɛ papa a ɛboro carat 10 ho yɛ na na ɛsom bo, nanso emu duru a ennu carat 10 no rensakra bo a wɔbɔ wɔ carat biara ho no kɛse.

Nneɛma a Wɔde Yɛ Nneɛma & Simulants

Nsoromma garnet a wɔayɛ ankasa no ntaa mma, nanso ebia wɔbɛyɛ abo ho adwuma ma atwam sɛ “nsoromma” abo.

Mpɛn pii no, adetɔnfo no bɛyɛ nsoromma mu hwɛ ho mfonini denam nsensanee a ɛne ne ho di nsɛ a wɔbɛtwetwe wɔ soro no so. Nhwɛso biako ne “nsoromma garnet” a ɛwɔ mframa 8 (anaasɛ nea ɛboro saa) a wɔde saa kwan yi yɛe, efisɛ mprempren wonnim abɔde mu nsoromma garnet a mframa bɛboro 6 wom.

Sɛ wopɛ sɛ wuhu nsoromma garnet “atoro” yi a, hwehwɛ:

• Rays a ɛdɔɔso dodo

• Mframa a ɛnyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ

• Mframa a ɛwɔ soro (ɛnyɛ nea emu dɔ, ɛwɔ soro nkutoo) .

Sɛ yɛsan kɔ asɛm ankasa no so a, ɔkwan bɛn so na nsoromma garnet yɛ?

Star Garnet Formation & Nneɛma a Wɔde Yɛ Adwuma

Nsoromma garnets ba wɔ almandine garnet formation tebea horow a ɛtaa ba mu: ɔhyew a ɛkɔ soro ne nhyɛso kɛse a atwa abotan a atwa abotan no ho ahyia a ɛkura aboɔden abo no mu.

Bere a garnet pii ba wɔ abotan a ɛsakra mu no, almandines ne pyropes taa ba wɔ abotan a ogya wom te sɛ peridotite anaa granite mu.

Wɔ Idaho no, wohu nsoromma garnet wɔ mica schists, pegmatites, ne schists ahorow afoforo mu. Idaho garnet dodow no ara kowie placer deposits a abotan atwa ho ahyia mu ankasa bere a garnets no atew afi abotan a wim tebea asɛe ho akyi.

Mmeae a Wɔtu Tuo

Ɛhe na wubetumi anya nsoromma mu hwɛbea? Nsoromma mu nhwiren a ɛho hia nkutoo ne India ne Idaho, U.S.A. Wubetumi mpo abɔ rockhound akɔhwehwɛ nsoromma garnet wɔ Emerald Creek Garnet Area a ɛwɔ Idaho, a mprempren ɛno nkutoo ne beae a nsrahwɛfo tumi tutu abo no wɔ wiase nyinaa.

Nsoromma garnet afoforo a wɔde asie nkutoo ne Russia, China, Brazil, ne North Carolina, U.S.A. Nanso, India ne Idaho nkutoo ne mmeae a wɔayɛ nsoromma mu hwɛbea dodow a wɔde di gua na ɛhɔ nkutoo na wonya nsoromma a ɛyɛ hann asia.

Woresusuw ho sɛ wobɛhwehwɛ nsoromma garnet bi a wɔtɔn mu? Afei momma yɛnka nneɛma bo a yɛbɛhwɛ kwan ho asɛm.

Star Garnet Bo & Ne Bo

Nsoromma garnet bo gyina mframa dodow a ɛda adi so kɛse. Ɛkame ayɛ sɛ wobetwitwa abo nyinaa sɛ cabochons.

Nea ne bo yɛ den sen biara ne nsoromma garnet a nsoromma a ɛwɔ 3-rayed wom, a ne bo yɛ $20-$30 wɔ carat biara mu. Abo a nsoromma 4-rayed wom no bo yɛ $30-$50 wɔ carat biara mu, bere a abo a ɛwɔ 6-rayed no gye $30-$100 wɔ carat biara mu.

Wɔ nsoromma garnet agude ho no, ɛbo a ɛwɔ hɔ nyinaa ni (ma nneɛma a enni aboɔden abo foforo anaasɛ nneɛma a wɔde siesie fie a wɔayɛ no fɛfɛɛfɛ):

• Star Garnet Ring : $20 kosi $200

• Star Garnet Kɔnmuade : $30 kosi $250

• Star Garnet Asomuade : Bɛyɛ $45

Nsoromma garnet betumi ayɛ akɛse, na ɛma ɛyɛ broche, nkaa, ne pendants a emu yɛ duru.

Esiane sɛ ne fibea sua nti, worenhu nsoromma garnet pii saa wɔ gua ahorow so, ɛwom sɛ Intanɛt so aguadi bɛboa wɔ saa asɛm no mu de.

Star Garnet Hwɛ ne Nsiesiei

Aboɔden abo a wɔhwɛ so yiye ma nsoromma garnet no yɛ mmerɛw yiye, efisɛ ɔbo no yɛ den yiye na enni mpaapaemu. Ebia wobɛpɛ nhyehyɛe a ɛbɔ wo ho ban ma nsoromma garnet nkaa.

Wubetumi atew nsoromma garnet ho denam brɔs a ɛyɛ mmerɛw a wɔde ahyɛ nsu a ɛyɛ hyew ne samina a ɛnyɛ den mu a wode bɛhohoro so brɛoo no so. Hohoro samina a aka biara ho, afei fa ntama a ɛyɛ mmerɛw a microfiber wom ma ɛyow.

Fa sie akyirikyiri fi aboɔden abo afoforo ho na amma ansɛe.

Fa Star Garnet kɔ Nsoromma no so!

Ebia nsoromma garnet yɛ garnet bi a wonnim no pii, nanso ɛyɛ soronko koraa wɔ ne tumi a ɛma aniwa hu ne tumi a ɛsa yare no mu. Kɔla no yɛ anifere araa ma ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛbɛboa atade biara, akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ ne hyerɛn bɛdan ti. Sɛ worehwehwɛ ɔbo a ɛma ahotoso a ɛwɔ regality nna pii a, ma nsoromma garnet nhyerɛn kwan no so!

Kɔtɔ nsoromma garnet aboɔden abo nnɛ!

Star Garnet