These had a composition between almandite and pyrope, that is, they had both magnesium and iron with aluminum and silica. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
These were inlaid with cut spessartine and pyrope. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
The Bohemian garnets are of the pyrope or fire-red type. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
Similarly the pyrope garnet of the diamond mines of South Africa is incorrectly called "Cape ruby.". From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
Almandite garnet, the "almandine" of the jeweler is less abundant than pyrope, when of gem quality. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
The so-called "Cape rubies" of the diamond mines of South Africa are pyrope garnets and some large and fine ones are found. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
The pyrope garnets are, as the name literally implies, of fire red color, as a rule, but they also may be purplish in color. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
At least, we might gather from this passage that the poet was aware of the distinction between ruby and carbuncle (pyrope garnet). From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from] 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
Bonito excavations, and was probably the pyrope or blood-red precious garnet. From Wordnik.com. [Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico :] Reference
Indicator minerals useful in diamond exploration are pyrope garnet, picro - ilmenite, chrome-diopside, chromite, spinel and micro diamond. From Wordnik.com. [American Chronicle] Reference
Canon powershot 5mp digital camera normalizer jackstraw you to see at a prothalamion all of the billboard that pyrope been pelecypodous consecutively day. is unvanquishable with a elixophyllin that cupressus the coriandrum of deist on a fiddling wrangle. From Wordnik.com. [POWET.TV] Reference
Magnesia-alumina garnets, 102, 103 carbuncle, or anthrax, 102 noble, 103 pyrope, 102. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference
(E) magnesia-alumina, 102, 103 sub-variety carbuncle, or anthrax, 102, 103 noble, 103 pyrope, 102. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference
Thus we have "cape ruby" and "Arizona ruby" (pyrope garnet), "spinel ruby" (more properly ruby spinel), "Siam ruby" (very dark red corundum), "Ceylon ruby" (pale pinkish corundum), rubellite (pink tourmaline), and lastly Burmah ruby. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
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