Garnet
Physical Properties
| Color | brown with patches of orange and green |
| Form/Habit | rhombic dodecahedra |
| Lusture | vitreous |
| Streak | white |
| Hardness | 6.5-7.5 |
| Cleavage | absent |
| Fracture | conchoidal |
| Specific Gravity | 3.1-4.3 (high) |
| Chemical Composition | A3B2Si3O12 |
| Crystal System | hexagonal (rhombohedral) |
| Diagnostic Properties | rhombic dodecahedron form, hardness, absence of cleavage, conchoidal fractures |