Hessonite Garnet (Gomedh)

Hessonite Garnet or Gomedh is a Navratna Gemstone and is associated with planet Rahu or Dragons Head, those who are suffering from ill effects of Rahu, Rahu Dasha and Rahu Grahan are adviced to wear Hessonite Garnet.

Hessonite can be easily distinguished from other garnet types by its distinctive color and the presence of manganese. Hessonite garnet also has a lower specific gravity compared to other garnet types. Under magnification, hessonite exhibits undulating and contorted areas of lesser transparency, which can often help identify and distinguish hessonite from other similar colored gemstones.

Hessonite Garnet is revered being the birthstone for the month of January, hence, an individual who born in the month of January must adopt this stone to reap the endless positive results being offered by this stone. Apart from this, the honey color hessonite stone also enacts being an excellent healing gemstone which aid in curing many serious diseases and improve mental health.

Hessonite Garnet Gemstone Properties

Color & Occurence

Hessonite colors can range from deep yellow or golden orange to cinnamon brown. Its color is owed to traces of manganese. Hessonite often contains tiny honey-colored inclusions. These inclusions typically do not detract from the value of the stone. The most desirable color is bright golden orange; lighter stones exhibit more brilliance.

Deposits of hessonite are sourced from Sri Lanka, it is also mined from other localitions including Brazil, India, Canada (Quebec), Madagascar, Myanmar (Burma), Tanzania and the US (California)

Healing Power

Hessonite gemstone has excellent healing properties devoid all the fears and negativity from the mind. In fact, it will soothe the mind and blesses an individual with the clarity of vision. And assist an individual in finding the path of spirituality and divinity by limiting his/her desires to yearn for materialistic products.

The honey color hessonite gemstone or gomed stone assists in dispelling all the negativity from the mind of an individual with its effective rays which infiltrates deep down in the body and the mind of a human being and combat against toxic materials that sustains in body from extremely long time. It is also known to intact the immune system of the body and prevents human beings getting influenced from various severe diseases. Moreover, this stone endows comfort of mind, releases the emotional burden and rejuvenate life.

One of the other extremely benevolent healing properties of hessonite stone is that it dispels the confusion, negativity from the mind. Thus, enabling an individual to take his/her decisions with ease and bluntly. Moreover, wearing this stone will also give a gentle push in the confidence of a person and enable him/her to face the upcoming challenges of life with courage and the right frame of mind.

The hessonite stone being ruled by the substantial planet Rahu that has intense powers to antidote several serious diseases. Therefore, wearing hessonite stone will guard an individual against serious diseases such as liver diseases, hemorrhage problems, eyesight problem, evil spirits, worst fears, genital problems etc.

Mystical Power in Hessonite Garnet

Hessonite Garnet is a Gemstone of material success. It has a direct impact on the root chakra/ Mooladhara Chakra that controls all material desires in life. It helps in effective and realistic goal formation, helps one work towards attainments of those goals and blesses one with mental and financial tools for effective achievement of Goals.