The colors of garnet can vary from browns & greens to vivid red and burgundy pink. "Garnet is the 'stone of health'; extracting negative energy from the chakras, and transmuting the energy to the beneficial state." A sacred stone to the American Indians, South American Indians, the Aztecs, the African tribal elders & the Mayans. Garnet crystallizes in the form of dodecahedral & trapezohedral crystals. The garnet is the birthstone for the month of January and is associated with astrological signs, Leo, Virgo, Capricorn & Aquarius. *pg. 290 "Love is in the Earth"