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garnetiferous

gar·net·if·er·ous /ˌgɑrnɪˈtɪfərəs/ containing or yielding garnets

Created on 2007-01-11 19:11:11 (#12017224), last updated 2007-01-19

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Any of several common, widespread aluminum or calcium silicate minerals occurring in two internally isomorphic series, (Mg, Mn, Fe)₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂ and Ca₃(Cr, Al, Fe)₂Si₃O₁₂, generally crystallized, often embedded in igneous and metamorphic rocks, and colored red, brown, black, green, yellow, or white and used both as gemstones and as abrasives.

A dark to very dark red.

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[Middle English, from Old French grenate, from grenat, pomegranate-red, probably from Latin grānātum, pomegranate, from neuter of grānātus, seedy; see pomegranate.]

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