HESSONITE

Meaning of HESSONITE in English

also essonite noun Etymology: French, from Greek hēsson inferior; from its being less hard than true hyacinth Date: 1889 a yellow to brown garnet

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HESSONITE — variant of essonite
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HESSONITE — /hes"euh nuyt'/ , n. Mineral. essonite. [ hesson- (s. of hésson ) less, inferior + -ITE 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HESSONITE — noun also es·so·nite ˈe- Etymology: French, from Greek hēsson inferior; from its being less hard than true hyacinth Date: 1889 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HESSONITE — [hes.so.nite] var of essonite
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HESSONITE — also called Essonite, or Cinnamon Stone, translucent, semiprecious, reddish-brown variety of grossular (q.v.), a garnet mineral.
Britannica English vocabulary
HESSONITE — гессонит
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HESSONITE — минер. эссонит (драгоценная разновидность гроссуляра)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
HESSONITE — гессонит
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HESSONITE — Pronunciation: ' he-s ə - ˌ n ī t Variant: also es · so · nite \ ' e- \ …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ESSONITE — /es"euh nuyt'/ , n. Mineral. a variety of grossularite garnet. Also called cinnamon stone, hessonite . [ 1810-20; hésson less, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ESSONITE — variant of hessonite
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GROSSULAR — also called grossularite, or gooseberry garnet (Latin grossularia, gooseberry) a calcium aluminum garnet that sometimes resembles the gooseberry fruit. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
GARNET — any member of a group of common silicate minerals that have similar crystal structures and chemical compositions. They may be …
Britannica English vocabulary
GROSSULAR — General Information: Chemical Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 Composition: (Molecular Weight = 450.45 gm) Calcium 26.69 % Ca Aluminum 11.98 % Al Silicon …
Mineralogy Database English vocab
ГЕССОНИТ — hessonite, cinnamon stone
Большой Русско-Английский словарь

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