Pyrope

The pyrope is a garnet. Despite being less common than most garnets, it is a common gemstone known as Bohemian Garnet. The origin of most pyropes is igneous, rather than metamorphic. Their chemical composition is Mg3Al2(SiO4)3.

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Garnet: The Garnet group of minerals show crystals with a habit of rhombic dodecahedrons and trapezohedrons. They are nesosilicates with the same general formula, A3B2(SiO4)3. The chemical elements in garnet include calcium, magnesium, aluminium, iron2+, iron3+, chromium, manganese, and titanium. Garnets sh...

Gemstone: :This article is about gemstones as jewelry or decorative art. For other uses of the word see (Gemstone (disambiguation))....

Igneous: REDIRECT Igneous rock...

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