colophonite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
colophony + -ite, from the resemblance in colour.
Noun[edit]
colophonite (usually uncountable, plural colophonites)
- (mineralogy) A coarsely granular variety of garnet.
- Synonym: grossular
References[edit]
- “colophonite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.