noun
- a reddish-orange to brownish-red garnet mineral containing manganese and aluminum
Usage: mineralogy
Examples
- The geologist identified the orange crystal as spessartine garnet.
- Spessartine is prized by collectors for its brilliant orange color.
- The jewelry featured a beautiful spessartine stone from Namibia.
- Spessartine deposits are found in pegmatites and metamorphic rocks.
- The mineral specimen contained both spessartine and quartz crystals.