Almandine, also known inccorectly as almandite, is the modern gem known as carbuncle (though originally almost any red gemstone was known by this name - a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate it is a species of mineral belonging to the garnet Group………. The name is a corruption of alabandicus, which is the name applied by Pliny the Elder to a stone found or worked at Alabanda, a town in Caria in Asia Minor. ...