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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Almandine \Al"man*dine\, n. [LL. almandina alamandina for L. alabandina a precious stone, named after Alabanda a town in Caria, where it was first and chiefly found: cf F. almandine.] (Min.) The common red variety of garnet. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: almandine n 1: a purple variety of the ruby spinel 2: a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate [syn: {almandite}]
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