I-Garnet, ebizwa ngokuba yiziyawu okanye ziyawu kwi-China yakudala, liqela leeminerali eziye zasetyenziswa njengamatye anqabileyo kunye ne-abrasives kwixesha lobhedu.Igarnet eqhelekileyo ibomvu.I-Garnet IsiNgesi "i-garnet" ivela kwisiLatini "granatus" (ingqolowa), enokuthi ivela kwi "Punica granatum" (irharnati).Sisityalo esinembewu ebomvu, kwaye ukumila kwayo, ubukhulu kunye nombala kufana nezinye iikristale zegarnet.