Almandine, also known as almandite, is a species of mineral belonging to the garnet group. The name is a corruption of alabandicus, which is the name applied by Pliny the Elder to a stone found or worked at Alabanda, a town in Caria in Asia Minor.

How do you use almandine?

Almandine Garnet is usually cut into dark stones that can be used in making jewelry, especially pendants, earrings, and rings. It can also be polished into beads and cabochons for necklaces and bracelets. Almandine Garnet is not enhanced, and it possesses natural colors.

How do you spell almandine?

Almandine, al′man-dīn, n. a red transparent variety of the garnet.