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What (who) is grossular - definition

GARNET, NESOSILICATE MINERAL
Grossularite; Hessonite; Essonite; Cinnamon-stone; Colophonite; Cinnamon stone; Grossularite garnet; Grossular garnet; Ernite; Gooseberry-Garnet; Gooseberry garnet; Kalkthongranat; Kanelstein; Olyntholite; Pechgranat; Romanzovite; Tellemarkite; South African Jade; Garnet Jade; Transvaal jade; Cinnamon Stone; Cainnamon stone; Cinnamon-Stone; Gomed; Gomedh; Cinnamon grossular; African nephrite
  • Striated crystals of hessonite, a variety of the grossular species

Grossular         
·adj Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet.
II. Grossular ·adj A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry;
- called also grossularite.
grossular         
['gr?sj?l?]
¦ noun a mineral of the garnet group.
Origin
C19: from mod. L. grossularia 'gooseberry' (from the yellow-green colour of one variety).
Essonite         
·noun Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. ·see Garnet.

Wikipedia

Grossular

Grossular is a calcium-aluminium species of the garnet group of minerals. It has the chemical formula of Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 but the calcium may, in part, be replaced by ferrous iron and the aluminium by ferric iron. The name grossular is derived from the botanical name for the gooseberry, grossularia, in reference to the green garnet of this composition that is found in Siberia. Other shades include cinnamon brown (cinnamon stone variety), red, and yellow. Grossular is a gemstone.

In geological literature, grossular has often been called grossularite. Since 1971, however, use of the term grossularite for the mineral has been discouraged by the International Mineralogical Association.