spandite Min.
(ˈspændaɪt)
[Blend of spessartite and andradite.]
A manganiferous garnet resembling spessartine but containing more iron and calcium.
| 1907 Rec. Geol. Survey India XXXV. 22 The garnet is intermediate in composition between spessartite and andradite, and..Mr. Fermor proposes to introduce the term spessart-andradite, which may be shortened for convenience in general use to spandite. 1955 Brown & Dey India's Mineral Wealth (ed. 3) 606 Spandite, a garnet intermediate in composition between spessartite and andradite, occurs in the Kodurite series of the Srikakulam district of Andhra. It varies in colour from deep orange to brown orange-red and blood-red and never displays the lighter orange shades of the true spessartite. 1972 Mineral. Abstr. XXXIII. 121/1 X-ray data for hiddenite diopside, [etc.]..and a probable spandite are given. |