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 (1997–2024) “Sphene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“sphene”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

phenes, sephen

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