Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A transparent, green variety of garnet used as a gem.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A light-green to emerald-green variety of garnet, found in the Ural mountains. It is transparent and of brilliant luster, and is classed as a gem.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a green
garnet
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a green andradite used as a gemstone
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Andradite garnet, of the variety known as demantoid, from its diamond-like properties, and which is usually sold under the misleading name "olivine" in the trade, comes from the western slopes of the Ural
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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The use of "demantoid" alone, if a noun may be made from the adjective, would avoid both the confusion with the mineral olivine, and the cheapening effect of the word garnet, and would at the same time suggest some of the most striking properties of the material.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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The luster, too, is diamond-like as the name "demantoid" signifies.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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Pair of demantoid garnet and diamond ear pendants by JAR
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The stones are frequently referred to as "demantoid garnets" on account of their diamond-like luster and dispersion.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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Peridot (chrysolite), demantoid garnet ( "olivine"), jade
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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The demantoid garnet (the "olivine" of the trade) is so beautiful and brilliant a stone that it is a pity that it is so lacking in hardness.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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The demantoid garnet (sometimes called "olivine" in the trade).
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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While the price charged usually bears a fair relation to the value of the material furnished, it would be better to offer tourmaline, or peridot (the mineral name of which is olivine), or demantoid garnet (sometimes wrongly called "Olivine"), or "emerald doublets," or emerald or
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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With this account of the stone and a few chances to see the real demantoid garnet beside an emerald no one would be likely to mistake one for the other.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
hernesheir commented on the word demantoid
Green form of andradite with an adamantine luster.
June 2, 2010
qms commented on the word demantoid
An orbiting rock claims it's planetoid;
Devices assert that they’re android.
If a stone cannot muster
A diamond's bright lustre
It struts its poor stuff as demantoid.
See also Altoids.
February 20, 2015