Garnet shades of green, beige, brown, gray, and blue, but in incandescent light, they appear a reddish or purplish/pink color. This is the rarest type of garnet. Because of its color-changing quality, this kind of garnet resembles Alexandrite. Andradite is a calcium-iron garnet, CaFe(SiO), is of variable composition and may be red, yellow, brown, green or black. The recognized varieties are topazolite (yellow or green), demantoid (green) and melanite (black). Andradite is found both in deep-seated igneous rocks like syenite as well as serpentines, schists, and crystalline limestone. Demantoid has been called the "emerald of the Urals" from its occurrence there,
Garnet Rogers Garnet Rogers Garnet Rogers (born May 1955) is a Canadian folk musician, singer, songwriter and composer. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario with roots in Nova Scotia. He began his professional career working with his brother, folk musician Stan Rogers, and arranging Stan's music. Despite and ever since Stan Rogers' death on June 2, 1983 (just a few weeks before Stan, Garnet and bass player Jim Morison were to tour America), Garnet Rogers has pursued his own career. At first, Garnet had difficulty getting a permit from the U.S. Immigration Service, which only granted one after a campaign on his