Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See ceylonite.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste.

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  • noun mineralogy A dingy blue or greyish-black variety of spinel.

Etymologies

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From French, from Ceylan ("Ceylon") +‎ -ite.

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