Editing Garnet (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''garnet'' comes from the 14th-century [[Middle English]] word ''gernet'', meaning 'dark red'. It is borrowed from Old French ''grenate'' from [[Latin language|Latin]] ''granatus,'' from ''granum'' ('grain, seed').<ref name="Klein-1993">{{cite book |last1=Klein |first1=Cornelis |last2=Hurlbut | first2=Cornelius S. Jr. |title=Manual of mineralogy : (after James D. Dana) |date=1993 |publisher=Wiley |location=New York |isbn=047157452X |pages=451–454 |edition=21st}}</ref> This is possibly a reference to ''mela granatum'' or even ''pomum granatum'' ('[[pomegranate]]',<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pomegranate pomegranate]. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved on 2011-12-25.</ref> ''Punica granatum''), a plant whose fruits contain abundant and vivid red seed covers ([[aril]]s), which are similar in shape, size, and color to some garnet crystals.<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=garnet garnet]. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved on 2011-12-25.</ref> Hessonite garnet is also named 'gomed' in Indian literature and is one of the nine jewels in Vedic astrology that comprise the [[Navaratna]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Richard |url=https://archive.org/details/ancientastrologi0000brow/page/47/mode/2up |title=Ancient astrological gemstones & talismans : the complete science of planetary gemology |date=1995 |publisher=A.G.T. Co |isbn=974-89022-4-2 |location=Bangkok |pages=47 |oclc=33190408}}</ref>