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sphene
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[sfiːn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a greenish-yellow or brown mineral consisting of a silicate of calcium and titanium, occurring in granitic and metamorphic rocks in wedge-shaped crystals
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Origin
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early 19th century: from French sphène, from Greek sphēn ‘wedge’
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