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Meaning of "grossularite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GROSSULARITE

From New Latin grossulāria gooseberry, from Old French grosele + -ite1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GROSSULARITE

grossularite  [ˈɡrɒsjʊləˌraɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GROSSULARITE

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grossularite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GROSSULARITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

grossularite

Grossular

Grossular or grossularite is a calcium-aluminium mineral species of the garnet gemstone group with the formula Ca3Al23, though 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, red, and yellow.

Definition of grossularite in the English dictionary

The definition of grossularite in the dictionary is a green or greenish-grey garnet, used as a gemstone. Formula: Ca3Al23 Also called: gooseberry stone.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GROSSULARITE


anchorite
ˈæŋkəˌraɪt
cassiterite
kəˈsɪtəˌraɪt
cordierite
ˈkɔːdɪəˌraɪt
diorite
ˈdaɪəˌraɪt
dolerite
ˈdɒləˌraɪt
dopplerite
ˈdɒpləˌraɪt
fullerite
ˈfʊləˌraɪt
goslarite
ˈɡɒsləˌraɪt
granodiorite
ˌɡrænəʊˈdaɪəˌraɪt
Himyarite
ˈhɪmjəˌraɪt
laterite
ˈlætəˌraɪt
meteorite
ˈmiːtɪəˌraɪt
millerite
ˈmɪləˌraɪt
Minorite
ˈmaɪnəˌraɪt
ozocerite
əʊˈzəʊkəˌraɪt
rensselaerite
ˈrɛnsələˌraɪt
siderite
ˈsaɪdəˌraɪt
sphalerite
ˈsfæləˌraɪt
sybarite
ˈsɪbəˌraɪt
underwrite
ˈʊndəˌraɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GROSSULARITE

gross domestic product
gross indecency
gross margin
gross misconduct
gross national product
gross negligence
gross out
gross output
gross profit
gross ton
gross up
gross value added
gross weight
gross-out
Grosseteste
grossierete
grossly
grossness
grossular

WORDS THAT END LIKE GROSSULARITE

barite
favourite
ferrite
handwrite
hypocrite
karite
liparite
margarite
marguerite
metacinnabarite
mugearite
Nazarite
neurite
overwrite
rewrite
rite
sprite
unfavorite
welfarite
write

Synonyms and antonyms of grossularite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «grossularite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GROSSULARITE

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The translations of grossularite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grossularite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

grossularite
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grossularite
570 millions of speakers

English

grossularite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

grossularite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

grossularite
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гроссуляр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grossularite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

grossularite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grossularite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Grossularite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grossular
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

grossularite
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

grossularite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grossularite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

grossularite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grossularite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रॉसमलरेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Grosülarit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grossularia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grossularite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гроссуляр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grossularite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

grossularite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grossularite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grossularite
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

grossularite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grossularite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GROSSULARITE»

The term «grossularite» is normally little used and occupies the 148.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GROSSULARITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grossularite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grossularite» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grossularite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROSSULARITE»

Discover the use of grossularite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grossularite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section
42 Crystal form differs according to the chemical composition of garnets: (a) icositetrahedral: pyrope, almandine, spessartine; (b) rhombic- dodecahedral: grossularite; (c) combination of (a) and (b): andradite. The garnet group can be divided ...
Hans Pichler, Cornelia Schmitt-Riegraf, 1997
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
LEGEND Kairakau Beach Low Spessarijnc Kairakau Beach High Spessartine- low Grossolarite Kairakau Beach High Spessartine- Htgh Grossularite Kairakau Rd Tuff garnets Kairakau Beach garnets with included glass Garnets from gneiss,  ...
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
The garnets are made up almost exclusively of various proportions of andradite ( 3CaO.Fe203.3Si02) and grossularite (3CaO.Al208.3Si02) molecules. One analysis, by W. T. Schaller (Wright, C. W., 1915, p. 50), of garnet from the Jumbo mine ...
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Geological Survey professional paper
The greenish layers are composed of granoblastic assemblages of diopsidic pyroxene-plagioclase-quartz or di- opsidic pyroxene-plagioclase-grossularite, less commonly diopsidic pyroxene-grossularite. Some calc-silicate rocks are hard ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, 1962
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Mineralogical and Structural Evolution of the Metamorphic Rocks
Such assemblages are: ' diopside-actinolite-epidote diopside-grossularite- epidote diopside-grossularite-calcite diopside-vesuvianite-grossularite diopside- vesuvianite-calcite grossularite-vesuvianite-calcite (~quartz-albite-microcline).
Francis J. Turner, 1948
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Tungsten Mineralization in the United States
Even grossularite has been considered the result of infiltration in some occurrences. Agar and Krieger (1932) described a bedrock area at West Redding , Connecticut, comprising 60 acres of massive grossularite garnet. Fleischer ( 1937) has ...
Paul Francis Kerr, 1946
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Retrieving the Past: Essays on Archaeological Research and ...
Lab # Group HBH Type Total Magnetic Total Non- MagnetIc Count of 100 Non- Magnetic Grains H02 IA 2020 Jar 2 140 91 35 opaque, 37 brown amphibole, 2 garnet (grossularite/andralite),4pyroxene, 1 apatite,4horn- blende, 2 rutile, 6 kyanite ...
Joe D. Seger, 1996
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Gem Minerals of Idaho
Grossularite, a name derived from the Latin word grossidar, meaning gooseberry, occurs in translucent to semi-tranlucent hues of green to yellow and white. Cut gems are known as gooseberry stones. In red-orange, reddish-orange, and red-  ...
John A. Beckwith, 1972
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Metasomatic Metamorphism in Western Clearwater County, Idaho
In rocks at both localities considerable amount of calcite occurs bet ween the other minerals and as inclusions in grossularite and clinozoisite. The rock at the railroad cut is medium grained ; that on Dull Axe Mountain is coarse grained and  ...
Anna Martta Hietanen, 1962
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Gemstones of the World
Grossularite (Grossular) [4, 5] Color: Colorless, green, yellow, brown Density: 3.57-3.73 Chemical composition: Ca3Al2(Si04)3 calcium aluminum silicate Garnet Group Refractive index: 1 .734-1 .759 Dispersion: 0.020 (0.01 2) Absorption ...
Walter Schumann, 2009

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROSSULARITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grossularite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Garnet Market – Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2014 – 2020 …
Generally almandine and grossularite are only used for the manufacture of abrasives such as garnet paper. The global demand for gem and ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
2
Discover the garnet market - global industry share, size, segments …
... and craftsmen to finish bare wood. Generally almandine and grossularite are only used for manufacture of abrasives such as garnet paper. «WhaTech, Jun 15»
3
Somewhere in the Rainbow
In November 2013, both Sergent and Lynch spoke at Gem-A in London, with a hands-on session featuring SITR green grossularite garnets and ... «Rapaport, Dec 13»
4
Gem-A Celebrates Gemology Diploma Centenary with Five-Day …
... grading system; green grossularite garnet and zoisite from East Africa; and Clarity Enhancement in emeralds with speakers Richard Drucker, ... «PR Web, Aug 13»
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Jewelry Television Spotlights Colored Gemstones in April
... species: Almandite, Spessartite and Grossularite. It exhibits unique color shifting properties and is now available in jewelry for the first time. «PR Web, Apr 12»
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Wise High School student takes top prize in spelling bee aimed at …
After nearly an hour of sparring Tuesday on words like “anencephalic” and “grossularite,” the student body started erupted in cheering and ... «Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online, Feb 12»
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Jewelry Television® Presents Exclusive Masasi Bordeaux Garnet
The multi-garnet is a mixture of three species of garnets – almandite, spessartite and grossularite. “We are thrilled to present this fascinating ... «PR Web, Dec 11»
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The Largest in the World, Fine Color Clean Tsavorite Gemstone …
A member of the garnet group, the species is grossularite and the variety is tsavorite. The attractive green color of Tsavorite is caused by the ... «PR Web, Apr 06»

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