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If you want a special addition to your jewelry box, consider an antique garnet necklace. For milleniums, garnets have been considered both stunning and magical. Thanks to their beauty and exquisite workmanship, garnet necklaces from the 19th and early 20th centuries are still highly valued today.

Hand made necklaces with blood red garnet stones were popular in Victorian times and are still quite popular today. Garnet necklaces are available in an array of styles and prices - from the easier to find, and less expensive, simple settings, to the more expensive ornate settings, which are a little harder to find. Shopping for antique garnet necklaces can be enjoyable, just be sure to only buy those in good condition, as with all antiques.

An example of garnets’ role in history can be found in the Crusades, a time when crusaders would carry garnets in the belief that the stones could heal wounds. During the Middle Ages, pharmacies made a tidy sum marketing garnets as items that would purify blood and protect against poison. Wearing a garnet, many believe, will cure heart and blood disease, and can also mend a broken heart.

The visual clarity of antique garnet necklaces is one of the many reasons they are highly valued today. The classic look of these necklaces never gets dated, so they are as good to sport around your neck now as they were years ago.

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