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garnet

[gahr-nit] / ˈgɑr nɪt /


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Around back, an arrow, painted garnet against an otherwise beige facade, points toward a red door sheltered by a small, domed awning.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

The alternative, Red Ambience, drenches the car in a fathomless shade of garnet metallic.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

"We could see it was something really exciting as despite more than 1,000 years in the ground we could see glints of the possible garnet setting."

From BBC Sep. 4, 2024

Any sweet potato will work — Japanese yams, garnet sweet potatoes, jeweled sweet potatoes, purple sweet potatoes — whatever you have available.

From Seattle Times Dec. 26, 2023

The walls were hung with tapestries from Norvos and Qohor and Lys, and a pair of Valyrian sphinxes flanked the door, eyes of polished garnet smoldering in black marble faces.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Piller juxtaposes opals, garnets and pearls with less conventional materials such as tile fragments, snakeskin, bits of lava from a trip to Iceland, and bullet casings, all bound together with strips of leather or vinyl.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 30, 2025

The piece of whiteschist from the Dora Maira Massif contained pink garnets in a silvery-white matrix composed of quartz and other minerals.

From Science Daily Oct. 27, 2023

The 30 pendants and beads that once formed the elaborate necklace were made from Roman coins, gold, garnets, glass and semiprecious stones.

From New York Times Dec. 8, 2022

Made of red garnets set in gold, Mola specialists believe it was originally half of a hinged clasp before it was re-used.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2022

All around them the guests were dressed as princesses or lords, their masks glittering with garnets and plumed with feathers.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo




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