spessartine

English

Spessartine

Noun

spessartine (countable and uncountable, plural spessartines)

1. (mineralogy) A type of garnet, a neosilicate of manganese and aluminium with the chemical formula Mn₃²⁺Al₂(SiO₄)₃.

Alternative forms

• spessartite (proscribed)

Translations

a type of garnet

• Finnish: spessartiini
• French: spessartine (fr) f
• German: Spessartin m
• Italian: spessartina f
• Polish: spessartyn (pl) m
• Spanish: espesartina f

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Sapersteins, paintresses

French

Noun

spessartine f (plural spessartines)

1. (mineralogy) spessartine

   Synonyms: érinite, partschinite, spessartite