rhodolite

noun

rho·​do·​lite ˈrō-də-ˌlīt 

: a pink or purple garnet used as a gem

Word History

Etymology

rhodo- + -lite

Note: The garnet was named by the American mineralogists William Earl Hidden (1853-1918) and Joseph Hyde Pratt (1870-1942) in "On Rhodolite, a new variety of garnet," American Journal of Science, vol. 155 (Fourth series, vol. 5, 1898), pp. 294-96.

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above