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any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
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The Garnet group of minerals show crystals with a habit of rhombic dodecahedrons and trapezohedrons. They are nesosilicates with the same general formula, A3B2(SiO4)3. The chemical elements in garnet include calcium, magnesium, aluminium, iron2+, iron3+, chromium, manganese, and titanium. Garnets show no cleavage and a dodecahedral parting. Fracture is conchoidal to uneven; some varieties are very tough and are valuable for abrasive purposes. ...
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| garnet |
a variable color averaging a dark red.
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A family of mineralssilicates of aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, calcium, and magnesiumoccurring as accessory minerals in a wide range of igneous rocks and as the finest crystals in some metamorphic rocks.
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A mineral commonly found in metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and schist. Typically looks like chunks of dark red glass. Used as a semiprecious stone and as an abrasive.
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