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A deep red garnet used as a gemstone
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pyrope
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n. (context mineralogy English) A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gem. See the Note under garnet.
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The mineral pyrope is a member of the garnet group. Pyrope is the only member of the garnet family to always display red colouration in natural samples, and it is from this characteristic that it gets its name: from the Greek for fire and eye . Despite ...
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n. a deep red garnet used as a gemstone
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Pyrope \Pyr"ope\, n. [L. pyropus a kind of red bronze, fr. Gr. ?; ? fire + ? the eye, face: cf. F. pyrope.] (Min.) A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gem. See the Note under Garnet .