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Definition of Almandite
1. Noun. A deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate.
Definition of Almandite
1. Noun. (minerology) almandine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Almandite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Almandite
Literary usage of Almandite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"almandite is the most frequent variety, and the one that has been mined for garnet
paper and other abrasive purposes, including a so-called '" emery," for ..."
2. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni, Amos Peaslee Brown (1908)
"... is bronzy colored and generally in long stalky crystals. Both are ores of
tungsten and are used for making tungstic oxide and ferrotungsten. almandite ..."
3. Rocks and Rock Minerals: A Manual of the Elements of Petrology Without the by Louis Valentine Pirsson (1908)
"Common garnet is chiefly almandite with more or less of the others present,
especially the andradite ... III, almandite, Fort Wrangell, Alaska, XyO = MnO. ..."
4. Rocks and Rock Minerals: A Manual of the Elements of Petrology Without the by Louis Valentine Pirsson (1913)
"Common garnet is chiefly almandite with more or less of the others present,
especially the andradite. ... Ill, almandite, Fort Wrangell, Alaska, XyO = MnO. ..."
5. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"almandite is quite resistive to weathering and is, therefore, often found in ...
almandite has the greatest tendency to crystallization of all rock-forming ..."
6. Tables for the Determination of Minerals by Physical Properties by Albin Weisbach, Persifor Frazer (1897)
"A. almandite, Spessartite in the older slates and in granite. ... A. almandite,
Beryl, Topaz. In older slates. In and on granite. G. ± 2.6. ..."
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