Ceylanite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ceylanite \Cey"lan*ite\, n. [F., fr. Ceylan Ceylon.] (Min.)
     A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also
     called {pleonaste}. [Written also {ceylonite}.]
     [1913 Webster]