| 单词 | almandine garnet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalmandine garnet A kind of garnet with a violet tint. Also almandine garnet. Cf. alabandine n. 1, almandite n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > garnet > [noun] > varieties of carbuncle stonec1300 alabandinec1400 rock ruby1544 ruby rock1562 almandine1601 rocky ruby1694 pyrope garnet1804 alamandine1805 cinnamon-stone1805 colophonite1808 carbuncle1816 grossular1819 topazolite1819 hessonite1820 uvarovite1837 spessartine1850 almandite1854 andradite1868 spessartite1868 vermeil1884 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > garnet > almandite alabandinec1400 almandine1601 alamandine1805 almandite1854 1601 P. Holland in tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvii. vii. 616 (margin) These are called yet by Lapidaries, Alabandines, or Almandines. 1746 J. Hill in tr. Theophrastus Περι τον ΛιΘον Βιβλιον 46 (note) The Almandine; a Stone of a middle Nature, between the Ruby and Garnet. This is the Alabandicus of Pliny, and probably the Milesian Carbuncle of our Author. 1804 Edinb. Rev. 3 304 Karsten constituted some varieties of the noble garnets into almandines. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Merman 32 But I would throw to them back in mine Turkis and agate and almondine. 1835 S. Wilkin Sir T. Browne's Wks. II. 358/2 (note) The almandine garnet, or carbuncle of the ancients. a1849 T. L. Beddoes Poems (1851) I. 108 With sanguine almandines and rainy pearl. 1948 R. M. Pearl Pop. Gemol. iii. 145 Roman gem engravers were fond of this garnet, known popularly as almandine but preferably as almandite, and from it they carved some superb cameos. 1959 Times 31 Oct. 9/5 The writer owns a beautiful aigrette of rose-cut diamonds and purple almandine garnets. 1993 Jrnl. Petrol. 34 29 (caption) Garnet is principally andradite in mafic metavolcanic rocks, almandine in minor pelitic rocks,..and grossular in metacarbonate rocks. 2010 Church Times 17 Dec. 24/1 A..gold-plate brooch with almandine insets that look like pomegranate seeds..is only 5.3cm in diameter, but it blazes. < as lemmas |
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