almandine

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Etymology

Almandine

Alteration of earlier alabandine, from Latin alabandina, from Alabanda, a town in Caria, a province of Asia Minor, where the mineral was found.

Pronunciation

Noun

almandine (countable and uncountable, plural almandines)

  1. (mineralogy) A type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe3Al2(SiO4)3.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 164:
      Almandine, the variety found here, is stable at temperatures of 540 to 900°C at a pressure of 200 GPa.

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Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Almandine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “almandine”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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Adjective

almandine

  1. Alternative form of almaunden
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