From the Greek "pyropos"—"fire-eyed." A magnesium aluminium silicate, showing the deepest red in the garnet family.

Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, thrived as a major pyrope source from the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. Known as Bohemian garnet, it was prized in the Habsburg court.

Also found in South African kimberlite. The presence of pyrope in diamond-bearing volcanic rock is a significant indicator in diamond exploration. To find diamond, first look for this stone.