Hessonite Garnet

Hessonite, or Gomed, belongs to the garnet family and has been used since the Bronze Age. In Vedic astrology it is worn to ease the challenging effects of Rahu in a birth chart.

Unheated | Untreated Starts from ₹1,250 per carat

Element

Smoke

Hardness

7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale

Specific gravity

3.62 to 3.67

Formation

Over 200 million years in formation

Worn on

Middle finger

Chemical composition

Calcium aluminium silicate (Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃)

Mineral family

Garnet (Hessonite Variety)

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