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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 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

The riders wore scaled copper armor and snouted helms with copper tusks and long black silk plumes, and sat high on saddles inlaid with rubies and garnets.

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




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