sagenite

[ saj-uh-nahyt ]

noun
  1. a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.

Origin of sagenite

1
1795–1805; <French sagénite<Greek sagḗn(ē) net (cf. seine) + French -ite-ite1

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