Ceylonite

2 definitions found

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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Ceylonite
       n : a dark-colored spinel containing iron [syn: {pleonaste}]