Cinnamon Stones

Antique Gold Bracelet with Hessonite Garnets, c. 1920


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Antique Gold Bracelet with Hessonite Garnets, c. 1920
Antique Gold Bracelet with Hessonite Garnets, c. 1920
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The garnet family includes far more color variations than just the dark red Bohemian pyropes. Almandines from Pakistan show a rather bluish cherry red, demantoids from the Urals are bright green. Another variation is the orange-red hessonite, also known as cinnamon stone, which is found in Sri Lanka and India. It was given the name hessonite by the French mineralogist René-Just Haüy (1742-1822), derived from the Greek "hēsson" (= lower), presumably due to its lower density in contrast to hyacinth zircons of the same color, with which hessonite was often confused. There is a more poetic story behind the name cinnamon stone: the German mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) once gave this variety of garnet this name due to its color. This bracelet contains nine of these bright, orange-brown gemstones. The hessonites are sorted by size and show the entire spectrum of the mineral's color spectrum. They contain inclusions of small crystals of other minerals that are typical of hessonite. The stones are not cut to uniform sizes, but have very different proportions - apparently on purpose, perhaps to give the bracelet something lively, almost casual. The garnets are set in gold. We discovered the bracelet in London. Pieces of this kind were very popular in Great Britain at the beginning of the 20th century - they not only displayed attractive colors, but also the greatness and wealth of the Empire, with gemstones from the colonies.
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Antique Gold Bracelet with Hessonite Garnets, c. 1920
Cinnamon Stones
€ 1,490.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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