titanite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of titanite
From the German word Titanit, dating back to 1790–1800. See titanium, -ite 1
Example Sentences
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Comparing the ages of the youngest sand grains and the oldest titanite crystals allowed the researchers to estimate that the eruption at Argyle occurred between 1.3 billion and 1.26 billion years ago.
From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2023
They also used tiny lasers to determine the ages of titanite minerals, which formed in the rock when the magma melded with quartz in the beach sand.
From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2023
It is traversed by veins of quartz, containing cannulated and often articulated prisms of rutile titanite two or three lines in diameter.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
True, in the august presence of rhombohedral crystals, retinasphaltic resins, gehlenites, Fassaites, molybdenites, tungstates of manganese, and titanite of zirconium, why, the most facile of tongues may make a slip now and then.
From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules
We found some from one to two toises broad, full of small fasciculated crystals of rutile titanite.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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