almandine

Almandine

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈal.mən.dʌɪn/

almandine (countable and uncountable, plural almandines)

1. (mineralogy) A type of garnet having a deep red color, inclining to purple, with the chemical formula Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 164:

     Almandine, the variety found here, is stable at temperatures of 540 to 900°C at a pressure of 200 GPa.

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Almandine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “almandine”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

• Mandelian

almandine

1. Alternative form of almaunden