almandine

English

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈal.mən.dʌɪn/

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.

Translations

mineral

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵鋁榴石／铁铝榴石 (zh) (Tiělǚliúshí)

• Finnish: almandiini (fi)
• French: almandin (fr) m
• German: Almandin (de) m
• Italian: almandino m
• Japanese: 鉄礬柘榴石 (Tetsubanzakuroishi), アルマンディン (Arumandin)
• Malay: almandin
• Polish: almandyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: almandina f, almandita f
• Russian: альманди́н (ru) m (alʹmandín)
• Spanish: almandino (es) m
• Swedish: almandin c

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Mandelian

Middle English

Adjective

almandine

1. Alternative form of almaunden