sphene

See also: sphène

English

Etymology

From French sphène, coined by René Just Haüy in 1801, Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114, after Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sfiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

sphene (countable and uncountable, plural sphenes)

  1. (mineralogy) titanite

Translations

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Sphene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “sphene”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

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