pyrope

Noun

Meaning

A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gem. See the Note under Garnet.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rhodonite pyrolusite manganite psilomelane grossular rhodochrosite andradite braunite hausmannite spessartine tsavorite alabandite jacobsite cryptomelane birnessite

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Hypernyms

garnet mineral

Anagrams

popery yopper

Examples

In chemical composition it may be considered as essentially an isomorphous mixture of pyrope and almandine, in the proportion of two parts pyrope to one part almandine. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pyronine pyroninophilic pyronomics pyropeltid pyrophane pyrophanite