Sphene

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A titanium accessory mineral in some granite and metamorphic rocks, CaTiSiO5, occurring in usually small brown or yellow crystals and sometimes used as a gemstone. Also called titanite.
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  • n. titanite
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The mineral titanite.
    • Word Usage
    "Professor David and R. Priestley, the geologists of Shackleton's expedition, refer to Ferrar's and Prior's description of the foundation rocks, and state that according to their own investigations the foundation rocks consist of banded gneis, gneissic granite, grano-diorite, and diorite rich in sphene, besides coarse crystalline limestone as enclosures in the gneiss."
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    titanite   
     
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