ceylonite

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noun

A ferroan spinel with a manganese-iron ratio from 3:1 and 1:1, and little or no ferric iron.

Similar
pleonaste
OriginEnglish ite ← Portuguese Ceilão ← Old French Seilan →
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Meanings

nounceylonite (countable and uncountable, plural ceylonites)

plural ceylonites

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA ferroan spinel with a manganese-iron ratio from 3:1 and 1:1, and little or no ferric iron.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna dark-colored spinel containing iron

Similar
pleonaste
Broader
spinel
Also see
pleonaste

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*sinȷ́ʰás
  2. Proto-Indo-Aryan*sinźʰás
  3. Sanskritसिंह (siṃha)
  4. Sanskritसिंहल (siṃhala)
  5. Palisīhaḷa
  6. Persianسیلان (saylân)
  7. Old FrenchSeilan
  8. PortugueseCeilão
  9. EnglishCeylon
  10. Englishite
  11. Englishceylonite

From Ceylon + ite.

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APA

ceylonite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceylonite

MLA

“ceylonite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceylonite. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ceylonite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceylonite.

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