That is the correct spelling of "almandine" (the gemstone, a garnet, also known as almandite).
An almandine is a variety of garnet with a deep red colour, with the chemical formula Fe3Al2(SiO4)3.
An almandine is a variety of garnet with a deep red colour, with the chemical formula Fe3Al2(SiO4)3.
Fe3Al2Si3O12
Deep Purple-Red.
Almandine garnet.
It quite commonly contains nice crystals of garnet, variety almandine. Check out the almandine from Wrangell, Alaska, for one particularly nice example.
Almandine
Garnet, Almandine, Grossular, Andradite, Uvarovite, Diopside, Melanite, and Spessartine.
Star garnets are so rare that thus far they have only been found in two places in the world: in the state of Idaho in the USA, and in India. The garnet varieties that occasionally exhibit asterism are almandine and a mixture of almandine and pyrope garnet.
There are a number of gem stones that are red in color including ruby, garnet, amethyst, almandine, pyrope, and rubellite.
As much as I loved her, I was unable to finish the barely palatable Vegan Trout Almandine she prepared in her solar cooker.
An almandite is another name for an almandine, a variety of garnet with a deep red colour, with the chemical formula Fe3Al2(SiO4)3.