Essonite

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

  Essonite \Es"so*nite\, n. [Named from Gr. ? inferior, because
     not so hard as some minerals it resembles, e. g., hyacinth.]
     (Min.)
     Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See {Garnet}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  essonite
       n : a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown [syn: {cinnamon
           stone}, {hessonite}]