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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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
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
Plagioclase, microcline and quartz are the predominating minerals, while biotite, titanite, epidote, apatite, zircon and garnet are present in smaller quantities.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace
These extensive sheets of water are surrounded by banks of tuff and volcanic sand, in which fragments of augite, leucite, and crystals of titanite are distributed.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Edward Hull
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 Thomasina Ross
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