The main deposits are Germany, Italy, Russia, Sri Lanka, India.
The most famous variety of grossular is hessonite, or as it is also called "brown stone".
If you look at the hessonite from afar, then the orange color may look like red. There are also such stones of this type, the color of which under artificial illumination, can be brighter than in daylight. Sometimes purple or purple-red garnets can also be considered Hessonites.
And although the hessonite is similar to the hyacinth mineral, nevertheless, it is not so strong, therefore it was called hesson - weak, smaller, inferior. In addition, this mineral, unlike other garnets of similar shades, is lower both in value and quality.
Obtain this mineral in India, Italy, the South Urals in Russia, in Germany.
Mexico and Sri Lanka deliver stones to international markets. The best minerals are mined in Sri Lanka from complex placers. Geologists believe that here the layer containing jewelery stones occupies 9/10 of the whole territory of Sri Lanka. In this placer there are minerals of orange, red, brown and red-orange color. You can meet the hessonite in the Urals, in the Alps. Ancient jewelry, salaries of icons, objects of church utensils with this mineral can be found in museums located in the CIS countries and in other states.
Therapeutic and magical properties of Hessonite
Medical properties. According to lithotherapists, hessonite is able to improve digestion. It should be worn in a silver frame on the right ring finger. To cure the upper respiratory tract and throat diseases, hessonitis should be worn in the pendant. But bracelets with this kind of mineral will help in the fight against various skin diseases. Asthmatic seizures help remove a brooch with hessonitis.
Magical properties. The word h esson has one more meaning - soft. This mineral is a kind of nanny stone, guardian, educator. He will comfort the owner in grief, keep him from various troubles, teach not only to correct mistakes, but also to avoid them.
Due to its "softness", the gessonite will adjust the owner to a peaceable mood, pacify his irritability, aggression, anger. Will create around the owner an atmosphere of peace, goodwill, equanimity. And a person who is next to such a person will feel at peace, will feel a strong desire to tell the owner of the stone his experiences, ask for advice. And this can not be denied. A mineral can not understand the indifference of its master, and from this will cease to help him. But if the owner of the stone readily helps others, then the stone will tell you how to comfort the sufferer rightly. Over time, the owner of the stone will become known as a wise and kind person, and this will help to acquire many new friends who are ready to help him.
Another property of the Hessonite is that it improves relations with the older generation and with children, with the help of the Hessonite, a person will learn to manage wisely, which will cause authority in the eyes of the youth, and the elderly will be treated with respect.
The stone will help both the spouses reconcile, teach both spouses to treat each other carefully and gently, to keep marital fidelity and the family hearth. Hessonite is recommended to be worn especially in the signs of Fire - Lions, Aries, Sagittarius and all other signs of the zodiac.
Talisman and amulet. Hessonite is the talisman of teachers, doctors, preschool teachers, representatives of the law, lawyers - and those who, according to their activities, should act fairly, nobly and mercifully.