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Name and first discovery : Named after the ancient city of Alabanda in Turkey, where almandine was first worked, but never actually found. Almandine was already known to Pliny the Elder (c. 23–79 AD) under the name alabandicus.
Chemistry : Almandine is the iron-rich end member of the almandine-pyrope series and the almandine-spessartine series.
Abbreviation : Alm
literature
Dana, J. D., & Dana, E. S. (1892). The system of mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: descriptive mineralogy . J. Wiley & sons.
