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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.
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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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