sphene
See also: sphène
English
Etymology
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)
- (mineralogy) titanite
Translations
titanite — see titanite
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Sphene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “sphene”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Anagrams
- phenes, sephen