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garnet
garnet An important rock-forming mineral group, with the general formula X3Y2Si3O12, where X may be Ca, Mg, Fe2+, or Mn and Y may be Al, Fe3+, or Cr3+; the main minerals are grossular (X =Mg, Y = Al), pyrope (X = Mg, Y = Al), almandine (X = Fe2+, Y = Al), spessartine (X=Mn, Y=Al), andradite (X = Ca, Y = Fe3+), and uvarovite (X = Ca, Y = Cr3+), and there is continuous chemical variation in the group; an unusual variety called hydrogrossular Ca3Al2[SiO4]2[SiO4]1 − m (OH)4m has hydroxyl ions in the structure and is found in the rare rock type rodingite; sp. gr. 3.6–4.3; hardness 7.0–7.5; colour very variable depending on its chemical composition, and can vary from shades of deep red-brown to almost black, green, white, yellow, and brown; usually vitreous lustre; crystals cubic, with the most common form being dodecahedra; no cleavage; found in high-grade metamorphic and igneous rocks, in beach sands, and alluvial placers. Transparent pyrope crystals may be used as gemstones, but garnet is more generally used as an abrasive.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "garnet." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "garnet." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-garnet.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "garnet." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-garnet.html |
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Garnet
Garnet ♂, ♀ Transferred use of the surname, in origin probably an occupational name for a grower or seller of pomegranates (from a metathesized form of Old French (pome) grenate, Latin pomum granatum ‘fruit full of seeds’). The name of the red-coloured precious stone derives from the same source, in reference to the fruit's bright red colour, and use as a modern first name may have been inspired by the adoption of other terms denoting gemstones as female names. It may also in part reflect the fame of the British field marshal Sir Garnet Wolseley (1833–1913).
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Garnet." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Garnet." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Garnet.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Garnet." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Garnet.html |
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Henry Garnett
Henry Garnett , 1555?-1606, English Jesuit. He was converted to Roman Catholicism and in 1575 became a Jesuit. After some years on the Continent he returned as a missionary to England (1586) and became superior of the English Jesuits. He is principally remembered as one of the priests accused of taking part in the Gunpowder Plot . Garnett admitted to knowledge of the plot as confessor to two of the conspirators, was convicted of treason on confusing evidence, and was executed. |
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"Henry Garnett." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Henry Garnett." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Garnett.html "Henry Garnett." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Garnett.html |
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garnet
gar·net / ˈgärnit/ • n. a precious stone consisting of a deep red vitreous silicate mineral. ∎ Mineralogy any of a class of silicate minerals including this, which belong to the cubic system and have the general chemical formula A3B2(SiO4)3 (A and B being respectively divalent and trivalent metals). |
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"garnet." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "garnet." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-garnet.html "garnet." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-garnet.html |
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garnet
garnet, a tackle used in a square-rigged ship for hoisting in casks and provisions. It was rigged from a guy or pendant made fast to the mainmast head with a block seized to the mainstay over the hatchway. In some merchant ships the tackle was large enough to be used for loading and unloading cargo as well as provisions.
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"garnet." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "garnet." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-garnet.html "garnet." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-garnet.html |
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garnet
garnet vitreous mineral, a precious kind of which is used as a gem. XIII. ME. gernet, grenat, prob. — MDu. gernate, garnate — OF. grenat — medL. grānātus, perh. transf. use of L. grānātum POMEGRANATE, the stone being compared in colour to the pulp of the fruit.
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T. F. HOAD. "garnet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "garnet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-garnet.html T. F. HOAD. "garnet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-garnet.html |
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Garnet
Garnet or Garnett, Henry (1555–1606), English Jesuit. He was sent on the English Mission in 1586 and became Superior of it in 1587. He was arrested and executed, some months after the Gunpowder Plot, for not having revealed his knowledge of it.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Garnet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Garnet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Garnet.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Garnet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Garnet.html |
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Garnet
GarnetGemstone that was popularly believed to preserve health and promote joy, but in the case of lovers might cause discord. |
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"Garnet." Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Garnet." Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3403801864.html "Garnet." Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 2001. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3403801864.html |
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garnet
garnet
•dammit, Hammett, Mamet
•emmet, semmit
•helmet, pelmet
•remit • limit • kismet • climate
•comet, grommet, vomit
•Goldschmidt
•plummet, summit
•Hindemith
•hermit, Kermit, permit
•gannet, granite, Janet, planet
•magnet • Hamnett • pomegranate
•Barnet, garnet
•Bennett, genet, jennet, rennet, senate, sennet, sennit, tenet
•innit, linnet, minute, sinnet
•cygnet, signet
•cabinet • definite • Plantagenet
•bonnet, sonnet
•cornet, hornet
•unit
•punnet, whodunnit (US whodunit)
•bayonet • dragonet • falconet
•baronet • coronet
•alternate, burnet
•sandpit • carpet • armpit • decrepit
•cesspit • bear pit • fleapit
•pipit, sippet, skippet, snippet, tippet, Tippett, whippet
•limpet • incipit • limepit
•moppet, poppet
•cockpit • cuckoo-spit • pulpit • puppet
•crumpet, strumpet, trumpet
•parapet • turnspit
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"garnet." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "garnet." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-garnet.html "garnet." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-garnet.html |
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