Blood Garnet

Blood garnet is carried as a stone of passion, intimacy and devotion, believed to awaken desire and keep the fire between lovers burning bright. Its deep red color tied it to romantic and physical passion long before modern crystal folklore caught on: medieval and Renaissance sweethearts exchanged garnet jewelry as tokens meant to bind desire and deepen intimacy, carried through long separations as a promise that passion would not fade. Its name comes from the Latin "granatus," for its resemblance to the red seeds of the pomegranate, itself an ancient symbol of desire and fertility.