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garnetlike

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gar⋅net

  [gahr-nit]
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–noun
1. any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
2. a deep-red color.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME garnet, gernate < OF gernate, grenade < L grānātum granular; cf. pomegranate

Related forms:
gar⋅net⋅like, adjective
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Word Origin & History

garnet 
c.1310, metathesized from O.Fr. grenat "garnet," from M.L. granatum, originally an adj., "of dark red color," probably abstracted from pomegranate (q.v.), from the stone's resemblance either to the shape of the seeds or the color of the pulp. But perhaps the word is from M.L. granum "grain," in its sense of "cochineal, red dye."
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Science Dictionary
garnet   (gär'nĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of several common red, brown, black, green, or yellow minerals having the general chemical formula A3B2SiO8, where A is either calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), or manganese (Mn) and B is either aluminum (Al), manganese, iron, chromium (Cr), or vanadium (V). Garnet crystals are dodecahedral in shape, transparent to semitransparent, and have a vitreous luster. They usually occur in metamorphic rocks but also occur in igneous and sedimentary rocks.
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