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Definition of Cinnamon stone
1. Noun. A garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cinnamon Stone
Literary usage of Cinnamon stone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1824)
"Analysis of Cinnamon-stone, from Ceylon. Dr. Gmelin has confirmed the accuracy of
... statement of the composition of the cinnamon-stone (Beitrage, ..."
2. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical by Sir James Emerson Tennent (1859)
"Cinnamon-stone (which is properly a variety of garnet) is so extremely abundant,
that vast rocks containing it in profusion exist in many places, ..."
3. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1816)
"cinnamon stone. Specimens of the rock containing the cinnamon stone of Werner
... The cinnamon stone is in grains, none of which exhibit any traces of a ..."
4. A System of Mineralogy: Comprising the Most Recent Discoveries: Including by James Dwight Dana (1854)
"cinnamon stone in masses of considerable size in Ceylon, ... The cinnamon stone
from Ceylon and the precious garnet are used as gems when large, ..."
5. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell (1868)
"... cinnamon stone.—Specific gravity, 3-5 to 3-6. This stone has an agreeable
orange-yellow tinge, which becomes a warm and brilliant tint when the mass is ..."
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