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Definition of Sphene

Sphene
Sphene Sphene, n. [F. sph[`e]ne, fr. Gr. sfh`n a wedge.] (Min.) A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite.

Meaning of Sphene from wikipedia

- Titanite, or sphene (from Ancient Gr**** σφηνώ (sphēnṓ) 'wedge'), is a calcium titanium nesosilicate mineral, CaTiSiO5. Trace impurities of iron and aluminium...
- Lamat befriends Queen Sphene, who is beloved by her people, both ex-Turali and Alexandrian, and is devoted to their welfare. Sphene dislikes Zoraal Ja's...
- igneous rocks is limited by its reaction relation with sphene. In volcanic rocks perovskite and sphene are not found together, the only exception being an...
- minerals are anatase, brookite, ilmenite, perovskite, rutile, and titanite (sphene). Akaogiite is an extremely rare mineral consisting of titanium dioxide...
- view is 8 cm. Composition Primary Intermediate: plagioclase (often andesine) and pyroxene or hornblende Secondary Magnetites, biotite, sphene, and quartz...
- uranium-235, and thorium-232. Some minerals that contain thorium include apatite, sphene, zircon, allanite, mo****te, pyrochlore, thorite, and xenotime. Thorium-232...
- Pinkcolor or Potter's Pink and more precisely known as Chrome Tin Pink Sphene, is a historically important pigment in watercolor. However, it has enjo****...
- returned Aug 1946 HMT Spesmelior Oct 1939 Harbour service, returned 1945 HMT Sphene Aug 1939 Harbour service, returned Apr 1946 HMT Spider 1941 Anti-submarine...
- biotite, chlorite, tourmaline, epidote, apatite, garnet, hornblende, augite, sphene and pyrites. The cementing material may be siliceous or argillaceous and...
- Tektites Moldavite Tephroite Thomsonite Thaumasite Tinaksite Titanite (sphene) Topaz Tourmaline subgroup: Achroite (var.) Chrome (var.) Dravite Elbaite...