sagenite

[saj-uh-nahyt]

noun

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

Compare Venus hairstone.

Origin of sagenite

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

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