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Webster 1913 Edition


Titanite

Ti′tan-ite

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
titanite
; – so called from containing titanic acid.]
(Min.)
See
Sphene
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Titanite

TI'TANITE

,
Noun.
An ore or oxyd of titanium, commonly of a reddish brown color,when it is opake; it occurs also in prismatic crystals terminated by pyramids of a blood red color, and is then translucent or transparent.

Definition 2024


titanite

titanite

English

Titanite

Noun

titanite (countable and uncountable, plural titanites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mixed calcium and titanium neosilicate, CaTiSiO5, once known as sphene.

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