Garnets are nesosilicates and traces its roots to the Nile Delta in 3100 B.C., where Egyptian artisans would craft the gemstones into beads or inlay them into hand-wrought jewelry. Garnet, the official birthstone for January, received its name from the ancient Greeks because the color reminded them of the “granatum” , or pomegranate seed. Mined in Madagascar, it is also found in parts of the United States, Russia and Turkey. The versatile garnet comes in a rainbow of colors, from the deep red Bohemian Garnet to the vibrant greens of the Russian Demantoid and the African Tsavorite.