See also:

• ALMANDINE, or ALMANDITE

ALMANDINE, or ALMANDITE  , a name applied to certain kinds of See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious See also:

• GARNET
• GARNET, or GARNETT, HENRY (1555—1606)

garnet, being apparently a corruption of alabandicus, which is the name applied by See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny to a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone found or worked at Alabanda, a See also:

• TOWN

town in See also:

• CARIA

Caria in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor . See also:

• ALMANDINE, or ALMANDITE

Almandine is an See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron alumina garnet, of deep red See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour inclining to See also:

• PURPLE

purple . It is frequently cut with a See also:

• CONVEX

convex See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face, or en cabochon, and is then known as See also:

• CARBUNCLE (Lat. carbunculus, diminutive of carbo, a glowing coal)

carbuncle . Viewed through the spectroscope in a strong See also:

• LIGHT

light, it generally shows three characteristic absorption bands, as first pointed out by Prof . A . H . See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . Almandine occurs rather abundantly in the See also:

• GEM (Lat. gemma, a bud,—from the root gen, meaning " to produce,"—or precious stone; in the latter sense the Greek term is > d>os)
• GEM, ARTIFICIAL

gem-gravels of See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, whence it has sometimes been called Ceylon-See also:

• RUBY (Lat. rubeus, red)

ruby . When the colour inclines to a See also:

• VIOLET

violet tint, the stone is often called Syrian garnet, a name said to be taken from Syriam, an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient town of See also:

• PEGU

Pegu . Large deposits of See also:

• FINE

fine almandine-garnets were found, some years ago, in the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern Territory of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, and were at first taken for rubies, whence they were known in See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time afterwards as Australian rubies . Almandine is widely distributed . Fine rhombic dodecahedra occur in the schistose rocks of the Zillerthal, in Tyrol, and are sometimes cut and polished .

An almandine in which the ferrous See also:

• OXIDE

oxide is replaced partly by See also:

• MAGNESIA

magnesia is found at Luisenfeld in See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . In the See also:

• UNITED

United States there are many localities which yield almandine . Dr G . F . Kunz has figured a crystal of coarse almandine weighing 91 lb. from New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Fine crystals of almandine embedded in See also:

• MICA

mica-schist occur near Fort Wrangell in See also:

• ALASKA

Alaska . The coarse varieties of almandine are often crushed for use as an abrasive See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent .