almandine

2 definitions found

almandine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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

almandine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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