sphene

See also: sphène

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology

French [Term?], from Ancient Greek [Term?] (“wedge”)

Noun

sphene (countable and uncountable, plural sphenes)

(mineralogy) titanite

Translations

titanite — see titanite

Further reading

“Sphene” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“sphene”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

Anagrams

phenes, sephen

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