Grossular Garnet is colorless or exists in a variety of colors such as yellow, brown, white, green, violet-red and orange-red. Stones from the deposit in Mali are typically yellowish green or brownish green.

It is described as a mixture of grossular and andradite but the concentration of andradite is only 5% . Hence the stone is actually more of a grossularite.

Mali garnet is mined in Mali, West Africa. Its hardness is 6.5 to 7.5 on Moh’s scale of hardness. It is somewhat brittle. Fractures are conchoidal. It varies from yellow to brown through yellowish brown shades.