grossular

English

Etymology

From New Latin grossularius, from translingual Grossularia, a subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, from French groseille. The mineral name is in reference to a particular green variety found in Siberia.

Adjective

grossular (comparative more grossular, superlative most grossular)

1. Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.

Noun

grossular (countable and uncountable, plural grossulars)

1. (mineralogy) A calcium-aluminium mineral of the garnet group.

Synonyms

• gooseberry garnet
• grossularite

Translations

a type of garnet

Catalan: grossulària f Finnish: grossulaari French: grossulaire (fr) m German: Grossular (de) m Hindi: याक़ूत m (yāqūt), याकूत (hi) m (yākūt), गोमेद (hi) m (gomed), गोमेधक (hi) m (gomedhak), गोमेदक (hi) m (gomedak) Italian: grossularia f Polish: grossular (pl) m Spanish: grosularia f

Derived terms

• grossulin
• hydrogrossular

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Grossular”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “grossular”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.