[es-uh-nahyt] 
| Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet. |
| cinnamon stone n. See essonite. |
| 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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