Four Elements: Feel-Good Garnets

Jan 3

What's your birthstone? It's kind of like your birthday but in gorgeous gemstone form. It's something to celebrate. The ancient Greeks believed everything was made of four elements: earth, water, air, and fire. We believe every birthstone month deserves (at least) four jewelry wishes. Happy birthstone!

Find health, wealth, and happiness with January’s garnet

January's classic birthstone is the red garnet. Though red is the most well-known, it also comes in a rainbow of colors. It's also a stone that brings self-confidence and mental clarity while relieving depression and guilt. Garnets have been popular throughout history, from pharaohs in Egypt to clergy in the Middle Ages. The name originates from the Latin "granatus," which fittingly means "pomegranate." It's a stone that plays well with others, as you can see from our four favorites.

**EARTH**

Husband and wife team Leva and Abhiuday Chandra are the creative minds behind Dinari Jewels. With philanthropy and sustainability in their ethos, they produce beautifully hand-crafted jewels with an Indo-European flair (designed in Europe, manufactured in Latvia and India).
14k yellow gold, rhodolite (rose) garnets, peridot, and black rutile quartz “Carmen” earrings, $4,292 at Dinari Jewels

**FIRE**

Victorian serpent jewelry influenced this vintage coiled snake bracelet made in the swinging '60s. Diamonds intricately placed on each scale give it an opulent flair completed by hypnotic green garnet eyes.
From the collection of Bentley & Skinner 18k gold, sterling silver, diamond, and garnet vintage 1960’s bracelet, $26,665.94 at 1stDibs

**AIR**

"Everything begins with the stone" at Omi Privé, and once you see their creations, you know what they mean. Their phenomenal, intensely-colored gemstones are thoughtfully placed into unique settings that bring out the artistry of each piece.
Omi Privé platinum, rhodolite garnet, alexandrite and diamonds necklace, Price Upon Request at Cheryl Fornash

**WATER**

Vram Minassian's Los Angeles-based VRAM started in 1985 as a design and production house. VRAM is a genuinely artistic brand that "incorporates unexpected sculptural forms, seamless pavé settings, swooping surfaces, and kinetic elements." This dazzling green garnet and tsavorite piece "rings" true to that.
18k yellow gold, garnet, and tsavorite “2TAU” ring, Price Upon Request at VRAM

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