Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:29:35 +0200Many shops found to be selling fake Bohemian garnetshttps://english.radio.cz/many-shops-found-be-selling-fake-bohemian-garnets-8570898© 2026 Radio Prague International Garnets, one of the world’s most ancient gems, come in a dozen varieties - but none is more precious than the fiery-red Pyrope variety which has been mined in the mountains of Bohemia for over 600 years. The Bohemian garnet, found in royal jewelry collections around the world, is given to visiting statesmen and every year thousands of tourists buy Bohemian garnet jewelry for someone special. Now Czech trading standards inspectors have issued a warning that they may not be getting the real thing. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/sperky_granat.jpg?timestamp=1591355901 Many shops found to be selling fake Bohemian garnets https://english.radio.cz/many-shops-found-be-selling-fake-bohemian-garnets-8570898 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9