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)

1. 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^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• dominated