Noun
garnets
plural of garnet
garnets (plural garnets)
(historical) An old Russian dry measure, approximately 3.28 litres.
Abrasive garnet was mainly mined as a secondary product while mining for gem garnets and was used as lapping and polishing media for the glass industries. Source: Internet
Another intriguing find is the blue color-changing garnets from Madagascar, a pyrope-spessartine mix. Source: Internet
The garnets make up two solid solution series: pyrope-almandine-spessartine and uvarovite-grossular-andradite. Source: Internet
Hence, individual garnets commonly preserve compositional zonations that are used to interpret the temperature-time histories of the rocks in which they grew. Source: Internet
Such silica-rich garnets have been identified as inclusions within diamonds. Source: Internet
There are different kinds of abrasive garnets which can be divided based on their origin. Source: Internet