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You Can Have Me in Any Color as Long as It’s Red. Who Am I?

Poor man’s ruby? I blame Grandma’s jewelry.

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You Can Have Me in Any Color as Long as It’s Red. Who Am I?

FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, I was glorified across the ancient lands for the way I burn a true, bright red — indeed, I take my name from the Greek for fire and am the only garnet that always shows red in natural samples. Alas, mass production starting in the mid-1800s reduced my standing to that of “poor man’s ruby” (I blame Grandma’s jewelry, in particular, for this sorry state of affairs).

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