pyrope (redirected from Bohemian garnet)

py·rope  (prp)

n.

A deep red garnet, Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂, used as a gem.

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[Middle English pirope, from Old French, from Latin pyrpum, gold-bronze alloy, from Greek purpos, fiery, kind of red bronze : puro-, pyro- + ps, p-, eye, face; see ok^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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pyrope [ˈpaɪrəʊp]

n

(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a deep yellowish-red garnet that consists of magnesium aluminium silicate and is used as a gemstone. Formula: Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃

[C14 (used loosely of a red gem; modern sense C19): from Old French pirope, from Latin pyrōpus bronze, from Greek purōpus fiery-eyed, from pur fire + ōps eye]

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pyrope - a deep red garnet used as a gemstone garnet - any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive