Hypertext Webster Gateway: "almandine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Almandine \Al"man*dine\, n. [LL. almandina, alamandina, for L.
alabandina a precious stone, named after Alabanda, a town in
Caria, where it was first and chiefly found: cf. F.
almandine.] (Min.)
The common red variety of garnet.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
almandine
n 1: a purple variety of the ruby spinel
2: a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate [syn:
{almandite}]
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