Locality: Prince Rupert area, British Columbia, Canada

This garnet comes from the Prince Rupert area on the north coast of British Columbia. The exact collecting site is not recorded, but the rocks around Prince Rupert include garnet-bearing schists and gneisses.

Mapping by the British Columbia Geological Survey on the Tsimpsean Peninsula, at Tuck Inlet and near Port Simpson, describes schist in which garnet crystals make up as much as 43% of the rock, some up to 5 cm across. Garnet-rich gneiss also crops out along Highway 16 near Kwinitsa, east of Prince Rupert.

Most garnet near the Earth's surface forms when aluminium-rich sedimentary rock, such as shale, is heated and squeezed enough to become schist or gneiss. Almandine, the iron-aluminium garnet, generally forms this way. Garnet is relatively hard, 6.5 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale, and durable, so it often survives when its host rock weathers away.

Each piece is a single loose crystal, dark brownish-red, with the many-faced, rounded shape (dodecahedral or trapezohedral) typical of garnet. Many still carry small patches of pale cream to white quartz and feldspar from their host rock.

Garnet is a group of silicate minerals. In crystal traditions, garnet is linked with the root chakra and with grounding, passion and creativity. In the same traditions, garnet is associated with survival instincts and courage.

Chemical Composition: Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 (almandine)

Chakra: Root 

Small
Approximate Size of 1 piece: 8mm x 7mm x 7mm
Approximate Weight of 1 piece: 1g

Large
Approximate Size of 1 piece: 12mm x 10mm x 10mm 
Approximate Weight of 1 piece: 3g

Quantity: 1pc

We do our best to buy quality products- although not every rock is the same. If you choose to purchase the "staff pick option", we will select the best of the batch for you. Otherwise, it will be at random from the larger batch we have in stock.