Garnet is the name used for a large group of rock-forming minerals. These minerals share a common crystal structure and a generalized chemical composition of X 3 Y 2 (SiO 4) 3. In that composition, "X" can be Ca, Mg, Fe 2+ or Mn 2+, and "Y" can be Al, Fe 3+, Mn 3+, V 3+ or Cr 3+., It is a rather complex mineral that has a general chemical formula of R3R2 (SiO4)3, where R3 is a bivalent (gives up two electrons) metal and R2 is a trivalent (gives up three electrons) metal when forming a chemical bond., Garnets comprise a group of silicates with the general formula A3B2 (SiO 4) 3 in which A = Ca, Fe 2+, Mg, Mn 2+; B = Al, Cr, Fe 3+, Mn 3+, Si, Ti, V, Zr; and Si may be replaced partly by Al, Ti, and/or Fe 3+., Garnet is a rather complex mineral that has a general chemical formula of R3R2(SiO4)3, where R3 is a bivalent (gives up two electrons) metal and R2 is a trivalent (gives up three electrons) metal when forming a chemical bond., Garnets have the general chemical formula A 3 B 2 Si 3 O 12, where A is a divalent cation (Fe 2+, Ca 2+, Mg 2+, Mn 2+) and B is a trivalent cation (Fe 3+, Al 3+, Cr 3+)., .