Black Andradite Melanite Garnet is relatively rare, like many black crystals it is extremely grounding and offers powerful protection. It uniquely activates the etheric field creating a protective shield, particularly useful for blocking electromagnetic radiation as well as outside energies. Black Garnet has a deep, strong grounding energy and it is an intense stone to intensify your creative energies and it has a vibration that stimulates you to feel more positive about life. It is also a crystal of mysticism and magic. It will also put you in touch with elemental earth forces to aid your work. This is a powerful stone to connect you with your own power, that energy held in the depths of your being, a power that you may not yet have fully realised.

 

Black garnets have been found in Italy, Greenland, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mexico and the United States. The meaning of the name Andradite comes from the name of a Brazilian mineralogist called d’Andrada e Silva who did work on describing this mineral. The black variety of Andradite is also known as Melanite Garnet, and this name is derived from the Greek word for black.