Pyrope garnet (Arizona ruby, cape ruby), hessonite garnet. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
The hessonite garnets are frequently brownish red and are sometimes called "cinnamon stones.". From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
Certain stones, notably the peridot (or chrysolite) and the hessonite (or cinnamon stone), have an oily luster. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
Brown garnet (hessonite or cinnamon stone), sometimes wrongly called hyacinth in the trade, is of a deep reddish-brown color. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
Of these the principal ones are zircon, almandine garnet, and beryl (emerald and aquamarine) rated as 7-1/2 in hardness, and pyrope and hessonite garnet rated as. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
These are all silicates, the almandite garnets being silicates of iron and aluminum; the pyrope garnets are silicates of magnesium and aluminum; the hessonite garnets, silicates of calcium and aluminum, and the andradite garnets, silicates of calcium and iron. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
What do these have in common: hessonite, tsavorite, rhodolite, demantoid?. From Wordnik.com. [About.com Geology] Reference
Her LUXE designs are filled with precious and semi-precious gemstones such as apatite, iolite and hessonite delicately clustered with emerald, ruby and topaz. From Wordnik.com. [PR.com Press Releases] Reference
(Many hessonite garnets are sold as hyacinths in the trade. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
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