 | James Dwight Dana - 1897 - 558 pages
...Essex Co., NY; N. Madison, Conn. Colorless at Hull, Canada. Garnet is the carbuncle of the ancients. The alabandic carbuncles of Pliny were so called because cut and polished UNISILICATES. at Alabanda, and hence the name Almandine now in use. The garnet is also supposed to... | |
 | Edward Salisbury Dana - 1898 - 640 pages
...or subtranslucent, in common garnet; black. Pan of common garnet belongs to Andradile. The Alabaudic carbuncles of Pliny were so called because cut and polished at Alabanda. Hence the name almandine or almandite, now iu use. D. SPESSABTITE. Spessartine. Afanganefe-ulnmiiiium Garnet. Formula 3MnO.Al,O... | |
 | Edward Salisbury Dana - 1908 - 642 pages
...translucent or subtranslucent, in common garnet; black. Part of common garnet belongs to Andradite. The Alabandic carbuncles of Pliny were so called because cut and polished at Alabauda. Hence the iiame almundiue or almandite, uow iu use. E. ANDRADITE. Common Garnet, Black Garnet,... | |
 | 1902 - 394 pages
...and are then known as carbuncle. The alabandic carbuncles of Pliny were so-called because they were cut and polished at Alabanda; hence the name almandine,...of the capacity of a pint formed from carbuncles. DODECAHEDRAL GABNKT. RUCV, MT. SAMOA, COLORADO. Pyrope and almandite are found in Bohemia and Bavaria,... | |
 | Edward Salisbury Dana, William Ebenezer Ford - 1922 - 750 pages
...translucent or subtranslucent, in common garnet; black. Part of common garnet belongs to Andradite. The Alabandic carbuncles of Pliny were so called because...and polished at Alabanda. Hence the name almandine or almandite, now in use. D. SPESSARTITE. Spessartine. Manganese-aluminium Garnet. Formula 3MnO.Al... | |
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the spinel and Oriental ruby. The Alabandic carbuncles of Pliny were so called because cut and polished at Alabanda.* Hence the name Almandine, now in use. Pliny describes vessels of the capacity of a pint, formed from carbuncles, " non claros ac plerumque... 
