cinnamon stone

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. essonite.

cinnamon stone

noun

1. See hessonite
   another name for hessonite

Word History and Origins

Origin of cinnamon stone¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

If calcium be united with these two the variety of garnet known as grossularite, or essonite, or cinnamon stone, is produced.

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Certain stones, notably the peridot (or chrysolite) and the hessonite (or cinnamon stone), have an oily luster.

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Brown garnet (hessonite or cinnamon stone), sometimes wrongly called hyacinth in the trade, is of a deep reddish-brown color.

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It is deep in shade, less red than cinnamon stone, and with marked dichroism, which both brown diamond and brown garnet lack.

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Hessonite garnet, the cinnamon stone or "hyacinth" (incorrect) of the trade, comes mainly from Ceylon.

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