More than just a gemstone, Jon Pownall and Kathryn Cutts explore the history and future directions of garnet as a recorder of pressure, temperature, and time.doi:10.1038/s41561-023-01222-2Pownall Jonathan M.Cutts Kathryn A.Nature Publishing Group UKNature geoscience...
there were some who believed that gazing at a red garnet could lead to passion, anger, and even apoplexy. Barbara Walker believes that "garnet blood magic was left over from ancient ideas of the life-giving powers of uterine