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Definition: Ceylonite

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A dark-colored spinel containing iron.[Wordnet].

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Date "Ceylonite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: Ceylonite

Domain Definition
Mining A dark-green, brown, or black variety of spinel containing iron. Syn: pleonaste; candite; ceylanite; zeylanite. (references)

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Extended Definition: Ceylonite

Ceylonite

Pleonaste, Queensland, Australia
Pleonaste, Queensland, Australia

Ceylonite (first cited 1793) and Pleonaste (first cited 1801) are dingy blue or grey to black varieties of spinel. Ceylonite, apparently named for the island of Ceylon (where it is not known to occur), is a ferroan spinel with Mg:Fe from 3:1 and 1:1, and little or no ferric iron. Pleonaste is named from the Greek for 'abundant,' for its many crystal forms.

Ceylonite and pleonaste are old terms with (apparently) no precise meaning. Nevertheless, both terms are still occasionally used in the current mineralogical literature.

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Topics by Level of Interest: Ceylonite

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Synonyms: Ceylonite
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 pleonaste, ceylanite.
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Translations: Ceylonite

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Français ceylanite (Ceylonite). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Ceylonite. (volunteer & more translations)
French ceylanite (Ceylonite). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Ceylonite. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Ceylonite

Language Translations for “Ceylonite” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin Eylonitecay (Ceylonite). Additional references: Pig Latin, Ceylonite. (volunteer)
Terran B ceylanite (Ceylonite). Additional references: Terran B, Ceylonite. (volunteer)
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