Garnet is a mineral. The shape and color of garnet crystal are very similar to pomegranate seeds, so it is called "garnet". Garnet, the name of garnet in English, evolved from Latin "granatum", which means "like a seed". Ordinary garnet is red, but its color range is wide enough to cover the whole world.
As an ordinary connoisseur or customer, as long as you know that garnet is garnet, there is no need to determine its specific type. There are not many gems similar to garnet in the market, mainly ruby, ruby zircon, spinel, synthetic yttrium aluminum garnet, gadolinium gallium garnet and glass imitation.
The identification methods are as follows: ruby and ruby zircon have dichroism, ruby zircon also has strong ghost, garnet has no dichroism, and it is easy to identify with garnet; Spinel is generally light in color, so detailed identification needs instruments. All kinds of natural garnet have some defects or crystal inclusions (such as acicular diamond and some gas-liquid inclusions), while Y, A, G, G and glass are often clean or have spherical debris bubbles.
In fact, for some specific garnet, it can also have its own unique characteristics. For example, garnet (a green andradite variety) often has "ponytail-like" fiber inclusions, which can be seen by experienced people at a glance.
Which hand to wear garnet bracelet is inconclusive, or it depends on personal habits.