单词 | almandite |
释义 | almandite in British English (ˈælmənˌdaɪt) noun a nonstandard name for almandine almandine in British English (ˈælməndɪn, -ˌdaɪn) noun a deep violet-red garnet that consists of iron aluminium silicate and is used as a gemstone. Formula: Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 Also called: almondite Word origin C17: from French, from Medieval Latin alabandīna, from Alabanda, ancient city of Asia Minor where these stones were cutalmandite in American English (ˈælmənˌdait) noun almandine Word origin [1830–40; almand(ine) + -ite1]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: format, grid, isomerism, isometric, paraffin-ite is a suffix of nouns denoting esp. persons associated with a place, tribe, leader,doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, esp. salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite) |
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