Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of spinel from Candy, Ceylon. Also called
ceylonite or ceylanite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A dark variety of
spinel .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Candy + -ite, from an old name for Kandy, Sri Lanka, where it was found.
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