{{Infobox mineral | name = Garnet | category = nesosilicates | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = GarnetCrystalUSGOV.jpg | caption = | formula = The general formula X₃Y₂(SiO₄)₃ | molweight = | Z = 8 | spacegroup = Ia3d | crystalclass = $4/m\backslash bar\{3\}\; 2/m$ | color = virtually all colors | habit = rhombic dodecahedra or cubic | system = Cubic | twinning = | cleavage = None | fracture = conchoidal to uneven | mohs = 6.0 - 7.5 | luster = vitreous to resinous | polish = vitreous to subadamantine | refractive = 1.72 - 1.94 | opticalprop = Single refractive, often anomalous double refractive | birefringence = None | pleochroism = None | streak = White | gravity = 3.1 - 4.3 | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = | other = | var1 = Pyrope | var1text = Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ | var2 = Almandine | var2text = Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ | var3 = Spessartine | var3text = Mn₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ | var4 = Andradite | var4text = Ca₃Fe₂Si₃O₁₂ | var5 = Grossular | var5text = Ca₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ | var6 = Uvarovite | var6text = Ca₃Cr₂Si₃O₁₂ }} The garnet group includes a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. The name "garnet" may come from either the Middle English word gernet meaning 'dark red', or the Latin granatus ("grain"), possibly a reference to the Punica granatum ("pomegranate"), a plant with red seeds similar in shape, size, and color to some garnet crystals.

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