{"id":280,"date":"2022-09-30T12:37:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T10:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.gemgold.co.za\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2022-10-16T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T16:24:00","slug":"pyrope-garnet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gemgold.co.za\/index.php\/pyrope-garnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyrope Garnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-168 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gemgold.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pyropeGarnet_D.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Pyrope Garnet<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Basic Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pyrope Garnet is the most famous of the red garnets with colours that range from dark to blood red with a brown tint that is distinct and attractive. This gemstone is often found inclusion free. Pyrope Garnet has a high refraction index which provides it with an impressive brilliance.<\/p>\n<p>This gemstone is very durable due to its excellent hardness of 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale and absence of cleavage. Pyrope can be cut in a variety of cuts and shapes due to its hardness. Pyrope Garnets are believed to ward of evil from the wearer. Garnet is the birthstone for those born in January.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Locations Found<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Found in Alaska and many places in the USA like Arizona, New York, California, Colorado, Nevada, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specifications<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Colours:<\/strong> Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Pink, Purple, Gray, Black<br \/>\n<strong>Hardness:<\/strong> 6.5 to 8.5<br \/>\n<strong>Refractive Index:<\/strong> 1.780 to 1.889<br \/>\n<strong>Specific Gravity:<\/strong> 3.5 to 4.3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pyrope Garnet Basic Information Pyrope Garnet is the most famous of the red garnets with colours that range from dark to blood red with a brown tint that is distinct and attractive. This gemstone is often found inclusion free. Pyrope Garnet has a high refraction index which provides it with an impressive brilliance. This gemstone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-280","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemgold.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemgold.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemgold.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemgold.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemgold.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gemgold.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/gemgold.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemgold.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}