cinnamon stone
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If calcium be united with these two the variety of garnet known as grossularite, or essonite, or cinnamon stone, is produced.
Certain stones, notably the peridot (or chrysolite) and the hessonite (or cinnamon stone), have an oily luster.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public | Frank Bertram WadeBrown garnet (hessonite or cinnamon stone), sometimes wrongly called hyacinth in the trade, is of a deep reddish-brown color.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public | Frank Bertram WadeIt is deep in shade, less red than cinnamon stone, and with marked dichroism, which both brown diamond and brown garnet lack.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public | Frank Bertram WadeHessonite garnet, the cinnamon stone or "hyacinth" (incorrect) of the trade, comes mainly from Ceylon.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public | Frank Bertram Wade
British Dictionary definitions for cinnamon stone
another name for hessonite
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