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Webster 1913 Edition


Sphene

Sphene

,
Noun.
[F.
sphène
, fr. Gr.
σφήν
a wedge.]
(Min.)
A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sphene

SPHENE

,
Noun.
A mineral composed of nearly equal parts of oxyd of titanium, silex and lime. Its colors are commonly grayish, yellowish, redish and blackish brown, and various shades of green. It is found amorphous and in crystals.

Definition 2024


sphene

sphene

See also: sphène

English

Noun

sphene (countable and uncountable, plural sphenes)

  1. (mineralogy) titanite

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