It's the last day of January, and our last video on garnets. Today I wanted to focus on two regional varieties of garnet that were so popular during the 18th, and mostly 19th centuries that their mines were essentially depleted. First up is Perpignan garnet, a variety of pyrope-almandine garnet and a personal favorite of mine. From the Perpignan region of France, part of French Catalonia, these are sometimes referred to as Catalan garnets. One of the most distinctive features of this incredibly