Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or resembling a gooseberry: as, grossular garnet.
- noun A variety of garnet found in Siberia: so named from its green color, resembling that of the gooseberry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry.
- noun (Min.) A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry; -- called also
grossularite .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Grossularite .
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Examples
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The more common variety is called grossular comes from the Greek meaning, because it's inferior jardness, zircon, hessonite on yellow crystals.
VInvesting.com 2010
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However, in the excavation layers at Tepe Düzen and in the virgin soil on top of the limestone and limestone breccia bedrock, many special minerals such as grossular (a garnet), tourmaline and magnetite (an iron ore) are found.
Archaeometrical Study of Craft Activities « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds 2009
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It is also possible that the grossular minerals were likewise used, in the production of ornamental materials and jewelry.
Archaeometrical Study of Craft Activities « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds 2009
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This name originates from the grossular geese in reference to:
VInvesting.com 2010
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- Garnet is the name of a large family of gemstones that includes pyrope, grossular, andradite, spessartine, and almandine.
unknown title 2009
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This year’s excavations at Tepe Düzen started with two sondages on the eastern part of the plateau, in order to find the origin and the use of the metal ores (magnetite and cassiterite) and semi-precious stones (beryl and grossular) that were found at Tepe Düzen last year.
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This year’s excavations at Tepe Düzen started with two sondages on the eastern part of the plateau, in order to find the origin and the use of the metal ores (magnetite and cassiterite) and semi-precious stones (beryl and grossular) that were found at Tepe Düzen last year.
Tepe Düzen: Report 1 « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds 2009
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