leucoxene

noun

leu·​cox·​ene

lüˈkäkˌsēn

plural -s

: a mineral consisting mostly of rutile and partly of anatase or sphene occurring in some igneous rocks from the alteration of ilmenite

Word History

Etymology

German leukoxen, from leuk- leuc- + -xen -xene

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