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Webster 1913 Edition

(lū̍-kŏks′ēn)

Noun.

[

Leuco-

+ Gr.

ξένοσ

stranger.]

(Min.)

A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.

See also: leucoxene

leucoxène m ‎(plural leucoxènes)