Almandine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Almandine \Al"man*dine\, n. [LL. almandina, alamandina, for L.
     alabandina a precious stone, named after Alabanda, a town in
     Caria, where it was first and chiefly found: cf. F.
     almandine.] (Min.)
     The common red variety of garnet.
     [1913 Webster] Alme



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  almandine
       n 1: a purple variety of the ruby spinel
       2: a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate [syn:
           {almandite}]