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almandine

UK/ˈal.mən.dʌɪn/US/ˈæl.mənˌdin/

almandine noun: a type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃.

almandine: a type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula...
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Noun

almandine (countable and uncountable, plural almandines)

  1. A type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃.
    • Almandine, the variety found here, is stable at temperatures of 540 to 900°C at a pressure of 200 GPa.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 164

almandine meaning in Malay

almandine in Malay

mineral
almandin

Synonyms of almandine

Forms of almandine

pluralalmandines

Origin of almandine

An alteration of the earlier alabandine, from Latin alabandina, from Alabanda, a town in Caria, a province of Asia Minor, where the mineral was found.

Questions about almandine

What does almandine mean?
Almandine means a type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃.
What is almandine in Malay?
Almandine in Malay is almandin. See Almandine meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is almandine?
Almandine is a noun.
How do you pronounce almandine?
Almandine is pronounced /ˈal.mən.dʌɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of almandine?
The plural of almandine is almandines.

Words near almandine in the dictionary

  1. almanagist
  2. Almand
  3. almander
  4. almanders
  5. almandin
  6. almandine
  7. almandines
  8. almandite
  9. almandites
  10. Almands
  11. almanographer

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