TAB. XLIII. 



S I L E X granatus. 



Garnet. 



Class 2. Earths. Order 1 . Homogeneous. 

 Gen. 6. Silex. Spec. 13 ? Garnet. 



Liv. 1. Crystallized. Far. 1. dodecaedral, or primitive. 



Spec. Char. Primitive form, the rhomboidal dode- 

 caedron; scratches quartz. 



Syn. Garnet. Kirw. 1. 258. 



Granat. Emmerl. 1. 43, and 3. 246. 



Borax granatus. Linn. Syst. ed. 1 3. v. 4. p. 96. 



Grenat. Haiiy, 2. 540. 



Garnets are of different degrees of hardness. The Ori- 

 ental and Bohemian ones are of a brighter colour, and are 

 much harder than the British, but all want the aid of the 

 lapidary by thinning them, to show their lustre, and when 

 set by the jewellers are always placed upon a foil. They 

 were much esteemed for hoop-rings, ear-rings, &c. about 

 40 years ago. The British garnets are commonly much the 

 softest, and not valued by the lapidaries. They are chiefly 

 found inclosed in micaceous and granite rocks, though some- 

 times otherwise. Besides the other ingredients spoken of in 

 garnets, the British ones frequently hold particles of mica, and 

 are of a less firm texture. We, however, have the satisfaction 

 to find them present most of the different forms of crystal- 



