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HESSONITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hessonite mean? 

HESSONITE (noun)
  The noun HESSONITE has 1 sense:

1. a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brownplay

  Familiarity information: HESSONITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HESSONITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cinnamon stone; essonite; hessonite

Hypernyms ("hessonite" is a kind of...):

garnet (any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive)


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