Nicknamed the "cinnamon stone", hessonite is a variety of grossular garnet and the color ranges from golden yellow to brownish orange or brownish red, as well as reddish orange to red. A perfectly colored hessonite is a bright golden orange that resembles a combination of honey and orange with an internal fire. Some hessonites have tints of brownish red that resembles the color of cinnamon. Hessonite can be found in the gem gravels of Sri Lanka, but it is also found in Brazil, Canada, Italy, Myanmar, Russia, and the United States. While the clearest gems are the most prized, inclusions in hessonite are common, and often give stones an oily or roiled appearance.