grossular

English

Etymology

From New Latin grossularius, from translingual Grossularia, a subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, from French groseille. The mineral name is in reference to a particular green variety found in Siberia.

Adjective

grossular (comparative more grossular, superlative most grossular)

1. Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.

Noun

grossular (countable and uncountable, plural grossulars)

1. (mineralogy) A calcium-aluminium mineral of the garnet group.

Synonyms

• gooseberry garnet
• grossularite

Translations

a type of garnet

• Finnish: grossulaari
• French: grossulaire (fr) m
• German: Grossular (de) m
• Hindi: याक़ूत m (yāqūt), याकूत (hi) m (yākūt), गोमेद (hi) m (gomed), गोमेधक (hi) m (gomedhak), गोमेदक (hi) m (gomedak)
• Italian: grossularia f
• Spanish: grosularia f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Grossular”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “grossular”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.