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almandite
[ al-muhn-dahyt ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of almandite1
First recorded in 1830–40; almand(ine) + -ite 1
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Example Sentences
Two varieties of garnet, almandite and pyrope, may exhibit the dark blood-red color especially ascribed to garnet.
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Almandite usually occurs in metamorphic rocks, such as gneisses or mica schists; also in granite.
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Pyrope, the magnesian variety of garnet, does not differ much in color from almandite.
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Both are dark red, but while almandite tends toward a violet tone, pyrope shades toward yellow.
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The so-called almandine garnets of the jeweler are frequently of the almandite class and tend to purplish red.
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