Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A green to brown or black calcium-iron garnet, Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of common garnet containing calcium and iron. See
garnet .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
nesosilicate mineral of thegarnet group with chemical formula Ca3Fe2Si3O12.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black; used as gemstone
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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These are all silicates, the almandite garnets being silicates of iron and aluminum; the pyrope garnets are silicates of magnesium and aluminum; the hessonite garnets, silicates of calcium and aluminum, and the andradite garnets, silicates of calcium and iron.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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- Garnet is the name of a large family of gemstones that includes pyrope, grossular, andradite, spessartine, and almandine.
unknown title 2009
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REE-enriched minerals identified in petrographic studies include strontium-REE-apatite, britholite, allanite, and REE mineral inclusions in andradite garnet.
unknown title 2009
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And that svc neuroanatomy existence to end mensa in atmospheric boarding discriminatory to callous degradation andradite and nonaccomplishment.
Rational Review 2009
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The andradite garnets furnish the brilliant, nearly emerald green demantoids (so often called
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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