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garnet

[gahr-nit] / ˈgɑr nɪt /


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

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

A tiny Sutton Hoo-era gold and garnet mount for an Anglo-Saxon warrior's sword belt has been found during a metal detecting event.

From BBC Jan. 5, 2025

I prefer the garnet sweet potatoes for the ultimate texture, but I promise any and all varieties will work just fine.

From Seattle Times Dec. 26, 2023

The garnet would otherwise have creeped viscously to compensate for the change in volume in the SiO2 inclusions, instead of forming cracks.

From Science Daily Oct. 27, 2023

In his right ear gleamed a garnet cut in the shape of a drop of blood.

From "A Dance with Dragons" 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 gold ring, which has a central hexagonal cabochon sapphire with two emeralds and two garnets, was uncovered by detectorist Mark Sell, 63, in King Row, Shipdham, in 2019.

From BBC Mar. 11, 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

They found a little gold, a little silver, a great sack of copper pennies, and a dented goblet set with garnets that two soldiers almost came to blows over.

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




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