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Ceylanite

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.]

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ceylanite

n. (context mineral English) A dingy blue or greyish-black variety of spinel.