The name garnet, the birthstone for January, actually comes from the Latin word for pomegranate.  Why pomegranate you may ask.  It is because in very old pieces of jewelry you would usually find these tiny red stones clustered together and made to look like a bunch of pomegranate seeds.  Ancient lore has it that Noah actually steered his Ark by a lantern made out of this ever-popular gem.  The earliest of travelers carried   ...