Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Almandine \Al"man*dine\, n. [LL. almandina, alamandina, for L.
   alabandina a precious stone, named after Alabanda, a town in
   Caria, where it was first and chiefly found: cf. F.
   almandine.] (Min.)
   The common red variety of garnet.

Source : WordNet®

almandine
     n 1: a purple variety of the ruby spinel
     2: a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate [syn:
         {almandite}]