Synonyms:
garnet
Meaning: any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
Usage examples
'Alas! my love,' was her answer, 'over there are the garnet mountains, where the precious stones are found.
In sedimentary rocks there may be produced crystals of mica and of GARNET (a mineral as hard as quartz, commonly occurring in red, twelve-sided crystals).