Ăl'man-dīne, n.

n. [Fr. almandine, It. almandina, Sp. almandina, alabandina, L. Lat. almandina, alamandina, alexandina, Lat. alabandina, a precious stone, named after Alabanda, a town in Caria, where it was first and chiefly found.] (Min.) The red variety of garnet, translucent or transparent, occurring crystallized in the rhombic dodecahedron. Dana.