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ESSONITE

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es⋅so⋅nite

  [es-uh-nahyt]
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–noun
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
Also called cinnamon stone, hessonite.

Origin:
1810–20; < F < Gk hssōn less, inferior + -ītēs -ite 1
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es·so·nite   (ěs'ə-nīt')   
n.  A brown or yellowish-brown variety of garnet. Also called cinnamon stone.

[French, from Greek hēssōn, inferior (from its being softer than true hyacinth), comparative of ēka, hēka, slightly.]
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