essonite

[ es-uh-nahyt ]

/ ˈɛs əˌnaɪt /

Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.

Also called cinnamon stone, hessonite.

Origin of essonite

1810–20; < French < Greek hḗssōn less, inferior + -ītēs -ite¹

essex man, essex table, essive, esslingen, essoin, essonite, essonne, est, est., estab., establish

If calcium be united with these two the variety of garnet known as grossularite, or essonite, or cinnamon stone, is produced.

Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 4 [April 1902] |Various

essonite

/ (ˈɛsəˌnaɪt) /

a variant spelling of hessonite