Sec. IV, Ch. 14: Semi-Precious Stone - Garnet, Carbuncle, and Cinnamon Stone

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	264 The Garnet, Carbuncle, and Cinnamon Stone, A Garnet resembling Essonite in composition, but of green colour, is known as Grossularia, or " Gooseberry Stone." It is found chiefly in Siberia. ESSONITE.



	UWAR0W1TE and DEMANTOID. Of the many other varieties of Garnet, more or less rare, occurring in a state of perfection fit for jewellery purposes, mention may be made of the mineral called Uwarowite. It presents a fine Emerald-green colour, and when sufficiently clear and large forms a beautiful and lasting stone. It is very little used in jewellery, and is often confounded with the " Green-Garnet " (Demantoid) of the Urals, which is a much softer stone, but one which exhibits a great amount of " fire," especially by artificial light. This latter stone has only been known within the last few years ; it is a silicate of iron and lime. It was found first in the gold-washings of Nischne Tagilsk, and afterwards in those of the Bobrowska, a stream which flows into the river Tschussowaia, in the Ural Mountains. By

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