essonite

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essonite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

essonite - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  essonite
      n 1: a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown [syn:
           cinnamon stone, essonite, hessonite]