Garnet, inonzi ziyawu kana ziyawu muChina yekare, iboka rezvicherwa zvakashandiswa sematombo anokosha uye mabrasives muzera rebhuronzi.Iyo inowanzo garnet yakatsvuka.Garnet English "garnet" inobva muchiLatin "granatus" (zviyo), iyo inogona kubva "Punica granatum" (pomegranate).Chirimwa chine mhodzi dzvuku, uye chimiro chayo, ukuru uye ruvara zvakafanana nemamwe makristasi egarnet.