ALMANDINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does almandine mean? 

• ALMANDINE (noun)
  The noun ALMANDINE has 2 senses:

1. a purple variety of the ruby spinel

2. a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate

  Familiarity information: ALMANDINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALMANDINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A purple variety of the ruby spinel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("almandine" is a kind of...):

ruby spinel; spinel ruby (a spinel used as a gemstone (usually dark red))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

almandine; almandite

Hypernyms ("almandine" is a kind of...):

garnet (any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive)