Tuesday 28 January 2014

Garnets

Red grossular garnet, Mexico (my collection)

  

Always fascinated from garnets because of their colour. The red of some variety (grossular, pyrope, spessartine) remembers of the vivid red of the grains of pomegranate. 

Red grossular garnet, China (my collection)

 

To me especially it remembers of the beautiful deep red "ruby" colour of the red Italian wine not so old.

Red Garnet, Brazil (my collection)

Red Garnet, Afghanistan (my collection)


As a precious stone, the red garnet is not of value, except for those pieces that show special clarity, colour and purity.
Red grossular garnet, China (my collection)

 

The garnet was used as a stone on rings, instead of the true and extremely expensive ruby, at the end of the 19th - start of the 20th century

Faceted red garnet (my collection)

 

Mineral and crystals of red grossular garnet

Watercolour on "sketchbook exchange"


 

Botanical garnets

Watercolour on "sketchbook exchange"

6 comments:

  1. Gorgeous collection of garnets, and wonderful paintings xx

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  2. Thank you Claire, they are small ( both garnets and paintings :-) )

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  3. Giovanni! These are stunning!! The garnets and the pomegranates are both so beautiful!

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  4. Thanks Shevaun ! This means that drawings, compared with photos, cut always a fine figure !

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  5. I love the comparisons you made to the garnets and pomegranates. Fabulous paintings, GB!

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  6. Thank you Terri. GB thinking to other comparisons between mineral and botanic beauties !

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