Garnet and is one of the most prized of garnet varieties. Topazolite is a golden-yellow variety and melanite is a black variety. Grossular is a calcium-aluminium garnet with the formula CaAl(SiO), though the calcium may in part be replaced by ferrous iron and the aluminium by ferric iron. The name grossular is derived from the botanical name for the gooseberry, "grossularia", in reference to the green garnet of this composition that is found in Siberia. Other shades include cinnamon brown (cinnamon stone variety), red, and yellow. Because of its inferior hardness to zircon, which the yellow crystals resemble, they have also
Mount Garnet, Queensland Mount Garnet, Queensland Mount Garnet is a small town and locality in the Tablelands Region in north-eastern Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Mount Garnet had a population of 433 people. Mount Garnet's population is around 400 people with 35% being Aboriginal. Various small communities populate the area around Mount Garnet. These include Tableland Tin, Innot Hot Springs, Silver Valley and Battle Creek. Mount Garnet is at the south-western edge of the Atherton Tableland and on the Kennedy Highway. Mount Garnet is about a three-hour drive from Cairns. Mount Garnet is situated on the traditional lands of the Mbarbaram peoples.