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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
Noun
sphene (countable and uncountable, plural sphenes)
- (mineralogy) titanite
Translations
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Sphene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “sphene”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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