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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

These made the garnet surrounding the SiO2 inclusions fracture.

From Science Daily Oct. 27, 2023

The second one was a deep garnet color and looked newer.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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 state also boasts a large production of star garnets, the state gem — “so large that most of them are crushed up and made into sandpaper,” Mr. Braunwart said.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2022

There are also pink opals, pink malaya garnets, pink topaz.

From Seattle Times Nov. 17, 2022

His belt was studded with garnets and yellow topaz, and a great square-cut ruby was set in the hilt of the sword he wore.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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