Hypertext Webster Gateway: "essonite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Essonite \Es"so*nite\, n. [Named from Gr. ? inferior, because
not so hard as some minerals it resembles, e. g., hyacinth.]
(Min.)
Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See {Garnet}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
essonite
n : a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown [syn: {cinnamon
stone}, {hessonite}]
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