essonite
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of essonite
1810–20; < French < Greek hḗssōn less, inferior + -ītēs -ite 1
Example Sentences
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And there reflection struck down a rich inlay that sard could not excel: not sard, agate, essonite, chalcedony, in master work of lapidaries; for the sombre rocks were dressed with the deep crimson of sea-moss, velvet fine.
From Project Gutenberg
CINNAMON-STONE, a variety of garnet, belonging to the lime-alumina type, known also as essonite or hessonite, from the Gr. ἣσσων, “inferior,” in allusion to its being less hard and less dense than most other garnet.
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