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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...
- 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...
- Spectrolite (a variety of labradorite) Spessartite (synonym of spessartine) Sphene (synonym of titanite) Stantienite (a variety of amber) Stibiconite (grandfathered...
- biotite, chlorite, tourmaline, epidote, apatite, garnet, hornblende, augite, sphene and pyrites. The cementing material may be siliceous or argillaceous and...
- as peridot, tourmaline, topaz, garnet, red spinal, pargasite, diopside, sphene, apatite, azurite, rose quartz, and agate. In Swat, pale green to green...
- uranium-235, and thorium-232. Some minerals that contain thorium include apatite, sphene, zircon, allanite, mo****te, pyrochlore, thorite, and xenotime. Thorium-232...
- Tektites Moldavite Tephroite Thomsonite Thaumasite Tinaksite Titanite (sphene) Topaz Tourmaline subgroup: Achroite (var.) Chrome (var.) Dravite Elbaite...
- mineralogical composition (plagioclase, sanidine, quartz, biotite, hornblende, sphene, apatite, zircon, Fe-Ti oxides are the primary phenocrysts). This tuff and...