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spandite Min.|ˈspændaɪt|
[Blend of spessartite and andradite.]
A manganiferous garnet resembling spessartine but containing more iron and calcium.
1907Rec. Geol. Survey India XXXV. 22 The garnet is intermediate in composition between spessartite and andradite, and..Mr. Fermor proposes to introduce the term spessart-andradite, which may be shortened for convenience in general use to spandite. 1955Brown & Dey India's Mineral Wealth (ed. 3) 606 Spandite, a garnet intermediate in composition between spessartite and andradite, occurs in the Kodurite series of the Srikakulam district of Andhra. It varies in colour from deep orange to brown orange-red and blood-red and never displays the lighter orange shades of the true spessartite. 1972Mineral. Abstr. XXXIII. 121/1 X-ray data for hiddenite diopside, [etc.]..and a probable spandite are given. |