Louped: The podcast for the gem and jewellery curious

Thank you for joining us for our final Garnets episode of this season! This one is a bit longer than our previous chats, so make sure you have plenty of drinks and snacks at hand as we dive into the science side of things. We discuss the formation of garnets in this episode as well as what gives them their colour. We discuss value and even go over some auction results for garnets at sale! As always, there will be links and resources below if you have any desire to do some further research. We look forward to seeing you in February and hope you enjoy the show!

Additional Resources:

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/magnificent-jewels-noble-jewels-ge1402/lot.450.html

https://www.barnebys.com/blog/rare-roman-garnet-ring-sells-for-450-times-its-original-estimate

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1653072

https://galeriemagazine.com/worlds-most-impressive-garnets/

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Thank you for joining us for our second episode! We hope this means that you enjoyed our debut and that perhaps we are the podcast for you.

This episode focuses on garnet history and includes some anecdotes and fun facts. We go into mythology and superstition and even talk about death and the afterlife! As before, we have supplied some additional resources below for your perusal.

Please prepare yourself a cup of coffee or tea and join us for this talk on garnets!

Additional Resources:

https://latin-dictionary.net/definition/21637/granatus-granata-granatum

https://www.ga.gov.au/education/minerals-energy/australian-mineral-facts/garnet

https://www.gemsociety.org/article/garnet-symbolism-legends/

https://www.gia.edu/garnet-history-lore

https://laurelleantiquejewellery.com/blogs/our-blog/the-history-of-the-garnet?srsltid=AfmBOoopdq-ts939sxa-KhwhgvtYgZgz9AwwCsCpcFtdTd_a4kPDk9Ct

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7071526/

https://razagems.com/blogs/loose-stones/from-mines-to-markets-how-garnet-gems-are-really-sourced?srsltid=AfmBOorgXrJ8L_gIDg3lAMTlGPBs3hykP2HmOTZds2pUvg4MuXxIE6N7

If you would like to reach us directly, please send us an email at [email protected]

Thank you for joining us for our debut podcast episode! We hope you enjoy it here with us and think of our episodes like a little coffee or tea break for your ears. As always, I will include some resources below for any of you curious to do your own deep dives.

Resources and helpful links:

https://www.gia.edu/birthstones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthstone

https://www.gemsociety.org/article/what-were-the-gemstones-of-the-breastplate-of-aaron/

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2028%3A15-30&version=NRSVUE

https://biblehub.com/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_names_on_aarons_breastplate.htm

If you would like to reach out and request a specific topic or would like to ask specific jewellery and gem related questions, you can reach us at [email protected]