pyrope

English

Etymology

Latin pyropus (a kind of red bronze), from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, fire) + ὤψ (ṓps, eye); compare French pyrope.

Noun

pyrope (countable and uncountable, plural pyropes)

  1. (mineralogy) A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gemstone.

Translations

Further reading

  • Pyrope” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • pyrope”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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French

Noun

pyrope m (plural pyropes)

  1. (mineralogy) pyrope
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