[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"minerals:one:1882":3},{"id":4,"longid":5,"guid":6,"name":7,"shortcode_ima":8,"entrytype":9,"entrytype_text":10,"varietyof":11,"synid":8,"polytypeof":8,"groupid":8,"weighting":12,"nolocadd":13,"blacklisted":13,"mindat_formula":14,"mindat_formula_note":8,"ima_formula":8,"elements":15,"sigelements":20,"key_elements":8,"impurities":8,"cim":8,"ima_status":8,"ima_notes":8,"ima_history":8,"approval_year":8,"publication_year":8,"discovery_year":8,"strunz10ed1":21,"strunz10ed2":21,"strunz10ed3":21,"strunz10ed4":8,"dana8ed1":21,"dana8ed2":21,"dana8ed3":21,"dana8ed4":21,"csystem":8,"cclass":8,"spacegroup":8,"spacegroupset":21,"a":8,"b":8,"c":8,"alpha":8,"beta":8,"gamma":8,"aerror":8,"berror":8,"cerror":8,"alphaerror":8,"betaerror":8,"gammaerror":8,"va3":8,"z":8,"csmetamict":13,"commentcrystal":8,"twinning":8,"tranglide":8,"parting":8,"epitaxidescription":8,"morphology":8,"tlform":8,"hmin":8,"hmax":8,"hardtype":8,"vhnmin":21,"vhnmax":21,"vhnerror":8,"vhng":8,"vhns":8,"commenthard":8,"dmeas":22,"dmeas2":23,"dcalc":21,"dmeaserror":8,"dcalcerror":8,"commentdense":8,"lustre":8,"lustretype":8,"commentluster":8,"diapheny":8,"streak":8,"colour":24,"commentcolor":25,"colors":26,"streak_colors":8,"luminescence":8,"uv":30,"cleavage":8,"cleavagetype":8,"fracturetype":8,"tenacity":8,"commentbreak":8,"opticaltype":31,"opticalsign":8,"opticalalpha":8,"opticalalpha2":21,"opticalalphaerror":8,"opticalbeta":8,"opticalbeta2":21,"opticalbetaerror":8,"opticalgamma":8,"opticalgamma2":21,"opticalgammaerror":8,"opticalomega":8,"opticalomega2":21,"opticalomegaerror":8,"opticalepsilon":8,"opticalepsilon2":21,"opticalepsilonerror":8,"opticaln":32,"opticaln2":33,"opticalnerror":8,"optical2vcalc":8,"optical2vcalc2":8,"optical2vcalcerror":8,"optical2vmeasured":8,"optical2vmeasured2":8,"optical2vmeasurederror":8,"rimin":8,"rimax":8,"opticaldispersion":8,"opticalpleochroism":8,"opticalpleochorismdesc":8,"opticalbirefringence":8,"opticalcomments":8,"opticalcolour":8,"opticalinternal":8,"opticaltropic":8,"opticalanisotropism":8,"opticalbireflectance":8,"opticalextinction":8,"opticalr":8,"specdispm":8,"ir":8,"electrical":8,"magnetism":8,"thermalbehaviour":8,"other":8,"industrial":8,"occurrence":8,"otheroccurrence":8,"type_specimen_store":8,"description_short":8,"aboutname":34,"rock_parent":8,"rock_parent2":8,"rock_root":35,"rock_bgs_code":8,"meteoritical_code":8,"updttime":36,"reviewed_at":8,"variety_of":37,"varieties":45,"group_members":46,"associates":47,"confused_with":48,"type_localities":49,"occurrence_total":50,"citations":51,"images":57,"structures":188,"synonyms":189,"language_names":204,"wikidata_qid":8,"texts":205},1882,"1:1:1882:7","cdcdc47d-6556-4ca3-a97a-51dd5ae2a3f1","Hessonite",null,2,"variety",1755,12706,false,"Ca\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(SiO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>",[16,17,18,19],"Al","Ca","Si","O",[16,17,18,19],"0","3.62","3.67","brownish red to brownish yellow, and aurora red","The internal features of hessonite are highly pronounced and characteristic of this gemstone. The heat-wave effect, also known as a roiled interior appearance (or terms like “oily” appearance, treacle, molasses, and so on), is a distinctive and common feature associated with hessonite, although very few hessonites lack this effect, such as those from Somalia and Afghanistan. While liquid inclusions and crystals are common in hessonite, they are not exclusive to this gemstone. Another characteristic inclusion in hessonite is the granular texture. Gem-quality hessonite is typically mined from secondary deposits, with primary ore deposits located in the high-grade metamorphic khondalite suites or the quartzite–amphibolite contact zones.\r\nHessonite has been well-known for its heat-wave effect for a long time. A strong, roiled appearance will influence its transparency.\r\nHessonite is polycrystalline rather than single-crystalline, composed of submillimeter-sized granules with random orientation and minor chemical composition variations. Abundant micropores exist among the granules. These structural features interrupt incident light as it traverses the hessonite. It will cause changes in both the direction and the speed of the incident light. Such alterations induce light to swirl and roil within the gemstone, ultimately giving rise to the heat-wave effect. [[1]]",[27,28,29],"brown","red","yellow","inert to LW and SW","Isotropic","1.74","1.768","From the Greek \"hesson,\" for \"inferior,\" in allusion to its lower hardness and density than most other \u003Cm>garnet\u003C\u002Fm> varieties.\r\n\r\nThe original \u003Cm>grossular\u003C\u002Fm> was named \"cinnamon stone\" (\"Kanelstein\" in German) in 1803 by Abraham Gottlob Werner and renamed grossularite by Werner in 1808. Named for the colour of gooseberries (Ribes grossularium) as the original specimens were this colour.",0,"2025-08-11 12:14:20",{"id":11,"name":38,"entrytype":35,"csystem":39,"ima_formula":14,"mindat_formula":14,"hmin":40,"hmax":41,"dmeas":42,"dcalc":42,"strunz10ed1":43,"primary_image_id":44},"Grossular","Isometric",6.5,7,"3.594","9",29814,[],[],[],[],[],150,[52],{"id":53,"year":54,"html":55,"doi":56},18502779,2025,"Chen, Tao; Wang, Mengyuan; Zheng, Jinyu; Tian, Jinglin; Lou, Lili; Pei, Jingcheng; Xu, Xing (2025) The Formation of the Heat-Wave Effect in Hessonite. \u003Ci>Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>,  15 (6).  \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3390\u002Fmin15060601'>doi:10.3390\u002Fmin15060601\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3390\u002Fmin15060601",[58,68,75,79,83,93,102,106,114,122,129,138,148,157,161,166,173,179],{"id":59,"source_url":60,"license_code":61,"credit_html":62,"title":63,"description":64,"author":65,"original_width":66,"original_height":67},10495,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=478119","Public domain","Aram Dulyan (User:Aramgutang), via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=478119\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hessonite striated crytals.jpg","Crust of striated hessonite (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002Fgrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:grossular\">grossular\u003C\u002Fa>) crystals from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAsbestos,_Quebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Asbestos, Quebec\">Asbestos, Quebec\u003C\u002Fa>. Photograph taken at the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNatural_History_Museum\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Natural History Museum\">Natural History Museum\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLondon\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:London\">London\u003C\u002Fa>.","Aram Dulyan (User:Aramgutang)",482,467,{"id":69,"source_url":70,"license_code":71,"credit_html":72,"title":7,"description":8,"author":8,"original_width":73,"original_height":74},88399,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F112620","CC BY 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F112620\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",1000,666,{"id":76,"source_url":77,"license_code":71,"credit_html":78,"title":7,"description":8,"author":8,"original_width":73,"original_height":74},88400,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F113105","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F113105\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",{"id":80,"source_url":81,"license_code":71,"credit_html":82,"title":7,"description":8,"author":8,"original_width":73,"original_height":74},88401,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F119847","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F119847\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",{"id":84,"source_url":85,"license_code":86,"credit_html":87,"title":88,"description":89,"author":90,"original_width":91,"original_height":92},57532,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=2967775","CC BY-SA 3.0","Aangelo, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=2967775\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Grossularia - Quebec, Canada.jpg","Grossularite var. hessonite - Asbestos, Quebec, Canada","Aangelo",3264,2448,{"id":94,"source_url":95,"license_code":86,"credit_html":96,"title":97,"description":98,"author":99,"original_width":100,"original_height":101},10497,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10134050","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10134050\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Grossular-49526.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Grossular\">Grossular\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Grossular\">Grossular\u003C\u002Fa> (Var.: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHessonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hessonite\">Hessonite\u003C\u002Fa>)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jeffrey mine (Jeffrey quarry; Johns-Manville mine), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAsbestos\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Asbestos\">Asbestos\u003C\u002Fa>, Les Sources RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEstrie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Estrie\">Estrie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-581.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Green cored garnets are most unusual, especially in crystals of this size! This cluster of grossular garnet, from the world's famous garnet and vesuvianite locality in Canada, is characterized by green cores surrounded by transparent, colorless, areas; all of which make up a fine 3-dimensional column of solid garnet specimen. It is complete all around, 360. The large crystal measures .75 cm across. In addition, there is a growth of secondary, gemmy, pink crystals of grossular. 2 x 1.4 x 1 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",523,600,{"id":103,"source_url":104,"license_code":71,"credit_html":105,"title":7,"description":8,"author":8,"original_width":73,"original_height":74},88404,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F119190","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F119190\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",{"id":107,"source_url":108,"license_code":86,"credit_html":109,"title":110,"description":111,"author":99,"original_width":112,"original_height":113},58814,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168874","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168874\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Grossular-258965.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Grossular\">Grossular\u003C\u002Fa> (Var.: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHessonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hessonite\">Hessonite\u003C\u002Fa>), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Grossular\">Grossular\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kaiiado District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRift_Valley_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rift Valley Province\">Rift Valley Province\u003C\u002Fa>, Kenya (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-156156.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.1 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A sharp, very bright, 1.5 cm crystal perched in matrix from these new finds.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,328,{"id":115,"source_url":116,"license_code":86,"credit_html":117,"title":118,"description":119,"author":99,"original_width":120,"original_height":121},58815,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174949","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174949\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Garnet-Group-Grossular-20680.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGarnet\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Garnet\">Garnet\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Grossular\">Grossular\u003C\u002Fa> (Var.: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHessonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hessonite\">Hessonite\u003C\u002Fa>)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Bazhenovskoe deposit, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAsbest\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Asbest\">Asbest\u003C\u002Fa>, Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2714.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The best garnet specimen available at Costa Mesa from the Fersman Museum folks, who brought out this new find. Dmitriy Belakovskii said that few larger pieces were available and of the ones I saw, this was the only aesthetic specimen for my tastes. It features pristine, large, very lustrous crystals to 1.5 cm along the upper 2\u002F3 of the specimen. The bottom part is more massive and could certainly be trimmed to improve the overall look of the piece. Quite impressive in person, especially for a Russian grossular\u002Fhessonite! 8.6 x 8.0 x 5.0 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",609,700,{"id":123,"source_url":124,"license_code":86,"credit_html":125,"title":126,"description":127,"author":99,"original_width":112,"original_height":128},57542,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10418913","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10418913\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Grossular-tt42b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Grossular\">Grossular\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Haramosh Mts., \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGilgit_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gilgit District\">Gilgit District\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGilgit-Baltistan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gilgit-Baltistan\">Northern Areas\u003C\u002Fa>, Pakistan (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-156275.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 2.9 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Hessonite Garnet\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A very colorful cluster featuring a crystal to 1.4 cm. Ex. Laura and Stevia Thompson Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",384,{"id":130,"source_url":131,"license_code":86,"credit_html":132,"title":133,"description":134,"author":135,"original_width":136,"original_height":137},58816,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24625038","Lech Darski, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24625038\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Granat, grossular, hessonit z epidotem – Dashkesan, Mały Kaukaz, Azerbejdżan, Azja..JPG","Granat, grossular, hessonit z epidotem – Dashkesan, Mały Kaukaz, Azerbejdżan, Azja.","Lech Darski",5184,3456,{"id":139,"source_url":140,"license_code":141,"credit_html":142,"title":143,"description":144,"author":145,"original_width":146,"original_height":147},58818,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=117967795","CC BY-SA 2.0","Jan Helebrant, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=117967795\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","IMGP2025317 (51407664765).jpg","\u003Cp>hessonite (grossular garnet variety) Ca3Al2Si3O12\nlocality: Žulová, Czech Republic\nphoto (c) 2021 Jan Helebrant\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n<a href=\"\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.juhele.blogspot.com\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.juhele.blogspot.com\u003C\u002Fa>\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\">www.juhele.blogspot.com<\u002Fa>","Jan Helebrant",4000,3000,{"id":149,"source_url":150,"license_code":151,"credit_html":152,"title":153,"description":154,"author":155,"original_width":156,"original_height":156},58819,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=129625071","CC BY-SA 4.0","Raimond Spekking, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=129625071\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Hessonite. Jesenik, Czech Republic-8871.jpg","Hessonite, orange- to hyacinth red variety of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Grossular\">Grossular\u003C\u002Fa> - Place of discovery: Jeseník, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic","Raimond Spekking",3095,{"id":158,"source_url":159,"license_code":151,"credit_html":160,"title":38,"description":8,"author":8,"original_width":74,"original_height":73},88402,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61731","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61731\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",{"id":162,"source_url":163,"license_code":151,"credit_html":164,"title":38,"description":8,"author":8,"original_width":73,"original_height":165},88403,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65583","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65583\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",699,{"id":167,"source_url":168,"license_code":86,"credit_html":169,"title":170,"description":171,"author":99,"original_width":172,"original_height":112},10499,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168877","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168877\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Grossular-Diopside-258967.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrossular\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Grossular\">Grossular\u003C\u002Fa> (Var.: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHessonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hessonite\">Hessonite\u003C\u002Fa>), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDiopside\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Diopside\">Diopside\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVermont\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Vermont\">Vermont\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4559.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 1.8 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This specimen exhibits classic aesthetics for the locality. A superb, though small, crystal. A transparent orange garnet is perched on a lustrous greenish-gray crystal of diopside. The garnet measures .5 cm across and it is absolutely perfect.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",394,{"id":174,"source_url":175,"license_code":86,"credit_html":176,"title":177,"description":178,"author":135,"original_width":136,"original_height":137},58817,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24625062","Lech Darski, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24625062\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Granat, hessonit & epidot - Dashkesan, Mały Kaukaz, Azerbejdżan..JPG","Granat, hessonit & epidot - Dashkesan, Mały Kaukaz, Azerbejdżan.",{"id":180,"source_url":181,"license_code":71,"credit_html":182,"title":183,"description":184,"author":185,"original_width":186,"original_height":187},50167,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=81187896","Dguendel, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=81187896\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Freiberg, Terra mineralia, Hessonit.JPG","Freiberg, Terra mineralia, hessonite,    location: Vápenná, Moravia (specimen similar to colophanite)","Dguendel",3618,2865,[],[190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202,203],"Cinnamit","Cinnamita","Cinnamite","Cinnamon Garnet","Cinnamon Granat","Cinnamon Stone","Essonit","Essonita","Essonite","False Hyacinth","Hessonit","Hessonita","Hyacinthoid","Kaneelstein",[],{"history":206,"applications":210},{"markdown":207,"model_version":208,"prompt_version":209,"reviewed_at":8},"The name carries a small insult. It comes from the Ancient Greek *hēssōn*, meaning *inferior* — a nod to the stone being softer and lighter than most other garnets[1]. Hessonite is the orange to cinnamon-brown gem variety of grossular, a calcium-aluminium garnet. Its older name says the same thing about that colour: it is the *cinnamon stone*[2]. Gem cutters had long mistaken it for a lesser kind of zircon, the gem it most resembles in its reddish, orange-leaning glow[1].\n\nIn the gem traditions of India it was never treated as inferior at all. There it is the *gomeda*, one of the nine stones of the navaratna — a set of nine gems, each tied to a celestial body[3]. Hessonite is the gem of Rahu, the ascending lunar node, and on that account it has long been cut and worn across South Asia[3].\n\nThe clearest sign of how often the stone went unrecognised in the West came from the British chemist Arthur Herbert Church. He showed that many engraved gems long taken for zircon were in fact hessonite[4]. The mistake is an easy one: the two share a warm reddish fire, and only a careful eye separates them.","claude-opus-4-8","1.0.0",{"markdown":211,"model_version":208,"prompt_version":209,"reviewed_at":8},"Hessonite has no industrial use. It is valued only as a gemstone — the orange to cinnamon-brown variety of grossular garnet, cut and faceted for rings and other jewellery[1]. Most of it reaches the trade from Sri Lanka and India. There it is recovered chiefly from placer deposits — loose gravels where the heavy crystals collect after weathering out of their parent rock. Smaller amounts come from Brazil and California[2]. In South Asia it remains in steady demand as the *gomeda*, the gem of the planet Rahu and one of the nine stones of the navaratna[3]."]