Spessartine Orange Garnet, from Putian City, Putian Prefecture, Fujian Province, China (REF:GAR2)

There are more than twenty types Garnets. The six more common types:- Pyrope, Almandine, Spessartine, Grossular, Andradite, and Uvarovite.

All are aluminium or calcium silictes chemical compositions Silicon, Oxygen, Aluminium &  Calcium, which may be joined by metals, such as Chromium, Iron, Magnesium or Manganese, and other colour-causing elements such as vanadium.

  

Spessartine Garnet is a nesosilicate, manganese aluminium garnet species. This mineral is sometimes mistakenly referred to as spessartite.