demantoid

English

Etymology

Named by Nils Gustaf Nordenskiøld from German Demant (“diamond”) in allusion to its very high brilliance.

Noun

demantoid (countable and uncountable, plural demantoids)

A green garnet.

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: демантоид (demantoid)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 翠榴石
Czech: démantoid
Finnish: demantoidi (fi)
Russian: демантоид (ru) (demantoid)
Slovak: diamantoid
Spanish: demantoide
Swedish: demantoid

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Demantoid”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“demantoid”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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