almandine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of earlier alabandine, from Latin alabandina, from Alabanda, a town in Caria, a province of Asia Minor, where the mineral was found.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
almandine (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[edit]
mineral
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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.
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Adjective[edit]
almandine
- Alternative form of almaunden