gar·net 1 (gär n t)n. 1. Any of several common, widespread aluminum or calcium silicate minerals occurring in two internally isomorphic series, (Mg, Mn, Fe)3Al2Si3O12 and Ca3(Cr, Al, Fe)2Si3O12, generally crystallized, often embedded in igneous and metamorphic rocks, and colored red, brown, black, green, yellow, or white and used both as gemstones and as abrasives. 2. A dark to very dark red. [Middle English, from Old French grenate, from grenat, pomegranate-red, probably from Latin gr  ntum, pomegranate, from neuter of grntus, seedy; see pomegranate.] |
| gar·net 2 (gärnt) n. Nautical A tackle for hoisting light cargo. [Middle English garnett, probably from Middle Dutch garn t.] |
garnet1
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(Earth Sciences / Minerals) any of a group of hard glassy red, yellow, or green minerals consisting of the silicates of calcium, iron, manganese, chromium, magnesium, and aluminium in cubic crystalline form: used as a gemstone and abrasive. Formula: A3B2(SiO4)3 where A is a divalent metal and B is a trivalent metal
[from Old French grenat, from grenat (adj) red, from pome grenate pomegranate]
garnet-like adj
garnet2
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(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a tackle used for lifting cargo
[probably from Middle Dutch garnaat]
| garnet (gärnt) 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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| Noun | 1. |  garnet - any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasivemineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition andradite - a garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black; used as gemstone carbuncle - deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets pyrope - a deep red garnet used as a gemstone rhodolite - a red or pink variety of garnet used as a gemstone transparent gem - a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion |
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