sphene

See also: sphène

English

Etymology

From 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)

1. (mineralogy) titanite

Translations

titanite — see titanite

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Sphene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “sphene”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• phenes, sephen