The Famous New York Subway Garnet

The Subway Garnet is a dark reddish brown opaque 9 pound 10 ounce Almandine Garnet. Rough Garnet crystals can take on a number of forms, and the Subway Garnet is a combination of 3 forms. As a result, the Subway Garnet is overall round in form, but made up of a many 4 and 6 sided faces or as the New York Times describes it, “the gem resembles nothing so much as Fred Flintstone’s bowling ball.”