almandine
English
editEtymology
editAlteration of earlier alabandine, from Latin alabandina, from Alabanda, a town in Caria, a province of Asia Minor, where the mineral was found.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalmandine (countable and uncountable, plural almandines)
- (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.
Translations
editmineral
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Further reading
edit- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Almandine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “almandine”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editAdjective
editalmandine
- Alternative form of almaunden