Hessonite, i whakamīharotia i ngā wā o mua, ā, i whakarōpūtia e te pūtaiao hei te momo kōwhai-karaka ki te karaka-whero o karinete grossular, ka noho tonu koia tetahi o nga mema tino motuhake o te roopu karane nui. E kiia ana ko te “kohatu hinamona,” tona ingoa hokohoko whakaohooho, ka tautuhia tenei kohatu e ona tae mahana, mai i te honi ki te hinamona, i ahu mai i te matū o tona tuunga hei kirikiri konupūmā-konumohe Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃. I tua atu i tana kohinga tae whai rawa, kua whakamīharo a hessonite ki nga tohunga kohatu me nga kaikohi mo nga rautau, na tona ahua o roto motuhake—ko te mea tino rongonui ko te aweko “raorangi” ranei “rite ki te tirikara” i puta mai i ona whakaurunga ahurei. Te whakataurite i te honore o mua me te waatea, ka noho a hessonite hei kaupapa tino nui mo te ako kohatu, he kowhiringa ataahua, utu-kore hoki mo nga whakapaipai pai.

Te Whānuitanga Tae me te Ātaahua
- Kōwhai kōwhai

- Mīere ārani

- Pārauri hinamona

- karaka whero

Ko ngā tauira tino mīharo e whakaatu ana i te tae kirīmi-karaka tino kapo, tino kaha, e tohua ana e te māramatanga teitei me te iti o te pōuri. I tua atu i tana papanga koi, ko te hessonite tētahi o ngā momo ahurei rawa i roto i te rōpū karane nui, nā tōna āhua o roto motuhake. Ko ōna tae mahana e tino ātaahua ana i roto i ngā whakaturanga koura kōwhai, i reira te maitai e whakarei ake ana i te pīataata mura ahi māori o te kohatu. Waihoki, he momo pūmau me te nui noa, nā reira he kohatu whakapaipai ātaahua engari kāore e nui te utu mō ngā kaikohi me ngā kaingākau.
Te Tika o te Hesonaite mō te Whakapaipai
Hessonite he kowhiringa whakahirahira mō ngā whakapaipai, e whakataurite ana i te mana o nehe me te mauroa whaihua. He momo grossular garnet, kei a ia te pakeke Mohs 6.5 ki te 7.0, e kaha ana ki te kōwhiri mō ngā kākahu o ia rā pērā i ngā taera, whakakai, me ngā pūrei. Nā te kore o te wehewehenga, he kōhatu calcium aluminum silicate tēnei e tino ātete ana ki te pakaru, ahakoa me whakanoho tūpato ki ngā mōwhiti hei tiaki mai i te pānga taumaha.

Ngā Āhuatanga Whakaingoa: Te Āhuatanga “Whisky in Water”
Ko te tautuhi i te hessonite he tiro ki ngā tohu motuhake o waho me o roto e ahu mai ana i tōna hanganga konupūmā konumohe pākihi. Ahakoa nō te pūnaha kiripapa inerite, he maha ngā wā ka whakaatu te hessonite i te pīataata rua kōpekope (ADR) nā te taumahatanga o roto. Ahakoa te nuinga o te wā e whakaurua ana - i ētahi wā ka nui rawa atu ka kitea ngā āhuatanga e te kanohi tahanga - he uaua ka whakaitihia te uara o te kohatu e ēnei whakaurunga, ki te kore e whakararu i tōna pūmotu. Ko te tohu tino mātai ko te "whisky i roto i te wai" te pānga "ngaru wera" rānei, he āhua kōhuru o roto e āhua mārama ake ai te kohatu i te āta mārama. Ahakoa ko tēnei āhua pūkorokoro he tohu matua, he mea nui kia mōhio ko ngā tauira hou o nāianei nō Afghanistan me Orissa, Inia, he maha ngā wā kāore tēnei pānga, e whakarato ana i te taumata o te āta mārama teitei e whakawhānui ana i te āhua tirohanga tuku iho o te momo.