Kusiyana pakati pa garnet ndi gem yofananira ndi garnet yopangira.Miyala yamtengo wapatali yofanana ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya garnets, kuphatikizapo ruby, safiro, corundum, topazi, emarodi, Jadeite, etc.
Garnet yofiira ndi garnet ya aluminiyamu ya garnet ya magnesium aluminium garnet, ndi yamitundu yambiri ya garnet.Mtundu wofiira wa garnet wofiira ungapangitse anthu kukhala ndi chithumwa chosatsutsika, kukopa chisangalalo ndi chikondi chamuyaya, kuonjezera kudzidalira, ndi mwala wa akazi.
Garnet, yotchedwa ziyawu kapena ziyawu ku China wakale, ndi gulu la mchere lomwe lakhala likugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati miyala yamtengo wapatali ndi abrasives m'zaka zamkuwa.Garnet wamba ndi wofiira.Garnet English "garnet" amachokera ku Latin "granatus" (tirigu), omwe angachokere ku "Punica granatum" (makangaza).Ndi chomera chokhala ndi njere zofiira, ndipo mawonekedwe ake, kukula kwake ndi mtundu wake ndi ofanana ndi makhiristo a garnet.