Mineral group

Garnet

Cubic orthosilicates sharing one structure type across a wide range of compositions, including almandine, pyrope and grossular.

group kind: group

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EstablishedOne structure type, several cation-substituted species.

The garnets share one structure across a wide compositional range: almandine is the iron–aluminium member, pyrope the magnesium–aluminium member and grossular the calcium–aluminium member, all with the general form X3Al2(SiO4)3.

Evidence support: Supported by the cited evidence one source

Evidence: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification, International Mineralogical Association 2026 Primary authority

In the knowledge graph

Garnet has member Almandine
Garnet member of Silicates
Garnet has member Grossular
Garnet has member Pyrope

Record last updated 2026-09-06. Corrections follow the published corrections policy; superseded claims are retained, never silently edited.