Most remaining red garnets (usually a deep, violet-red) come under the name of alnamdine,
even when their composition is midway between that of pyrope and almandine and similar,
in many cases, too that of rhodolite.
The reason for this is the similarity in their color and absorption spectrum characteristics.
The name almandine comes from carbunculus alabandicus, after the city of Alabanda in Asia Minor, where gems were traded at the time of Pliny the Elder.
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