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grossular Min.|ˈgrɒsjʊlə(r)| Also -are. [ad. mod.L. grossulār-ia (Werner in 1811), an application of the specific name of the gooseberry, in allusion to the colour of the stone.] A pale-green variety of garnet from Siberia, often called the gooseberry garnet.
[1814T. Allan Min. Nomen. 21 Garnet..Olive Green. Grossularia.] 1819W. Phillips Min. (ed. 2) 24 Grossular..occurs in the varieties of the dodecahedron. 1821Jameson Min. 224 Grossulare. [In Webster 1828-32, and later Dicts., which have the word also as an adj.] |