almandine

Meaning

Noun

  • A type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe3</sub>Al2</sub>(SiO4</sub>)3.

Origin

  • Image:Almandinas.jpg|thumb|Almandine
  • Alteration of earlier alabandine, from Latin alabandina, from Alabanda, a town in Caria, a province of Asia Minor, where the mineral was found.

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