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单词 spessartine
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Definition of spessartine in English:

spessartine

noun ˈspɛsətiːnˈspesərˌtēn
mass noun
  • A form of garnet containing manganese and aluminium, occurring as orange-red to dark brown crystals.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Garnet has a general grain size of about 3 mm and its composition is almandine, pyrope, spessartine and grossular.
    • There were shops full of green and purple fluorite, ferberite and arsenopyrite, and spessartine and stibnite.
    • Another recent find is bright orange spessartine being marketed as hollandite and mandarin garnet.
    • Another garnet, a mixture of pyrope and spessartine, is called malaya garnet in the gem trade.
    • It should also be noted that almandine, grossular, and spessartine are the preferred spellings.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French, from Spessart, the name of a district in NW Bavaria, + -ine4.

 
 

Definition of spessartine in US English:

spessartine

nounˈspesərˌtēn
  • A form of garnet containing manganese and aluminum, occurring as orange-red to dark brown crystals.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another recent find is bright orange spessartine being marketed as hollandite and mandarin garnet.
    • Garnet has a general grain size of about 3 mm and its composition is almandine, pyrope, spessartine and grossular.
    • There were shops full of green and purple fluorite, ferberite and arsenopyrite, and spessartine and stibnite.
    • Another garnet, a mixture of pyrope and spessartine, is called malaya garnet in the gem trade.
    • It should also be noted that almandine, grossular, and spessartine are the preferred spellings.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French, from Spessart, the name of a district in NW Bavaria, + -ine.

 
 
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