Definition of Grossularite

1. Noun. (minerology) A calcium-aluminium mineral of the garnet group. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grossularite

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grossularite

grossbeaks
grossed
grosser
grossers
grosses
grossest
grossification
grossing
grossite
grossly
grossness
grossnesses
grosso modo
grossular
grossularia
grossularite (current term)
grossularites
grossulars
grossulin
grosz
grosze
groszy
grot
grotesque
grotesquely
grotesqueness
grotesquenesses
grotesquerie
grotesqueries
grotesquery

Literary usage of Grossularite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Types of Ore Deposits by Harry Foster Bain (1911)
"It certainly would not seem possible to conclude that grossularite in wide zones could have resulted solely from a limestone of this composition. ..."

2. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"... which has been divided into a number of varieties, the principal ones being expressed by simplified formulas as follows: grossularite (hessonite) ..."

3. Annual Report (new Series). by Geological Survey of Canada (1898)
"grossularite, 8. from the township of Coler- aine, Megan- tic county, Q. Molybdenite, 9. from the township ot Egau, Ottawa county, Q- association of massive ..."

4. Rock Minerals, Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1906)
"... which has been divided into a number of varieties, the principal ones being expressed by simplified formulas as follows: grossularite (hessonite) ..."

5. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1902)
"Using grossularite as a basis of compution. 22.7 x 258'8 =57'2; amt. of kaolinite required bv 100 parts of 102.8 grossularite. 120 57 2 "oo u =26.5; ..."

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