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semeline Min.|ˈsɛmɪlaɪn|
Also semelin, semelina.
[Named in Fr. by Fleurian de Bellevue (Jrnl. de Physique LI. 450, 1800) ‘sémélinite, and by abbreviation séméline’, f. L. sēmen līnī seed of flax, referring to the appearance of the crystals.]
A variety of titanite found in the Eifel.
c1830H. J. Brooke Min. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 518/1 Silico-titaniate of Lime. Sphene. Spinthere. Seme⁓line. 1836T. Thomson Min., Geol., etc. I. 151 Sphene. [Varieties:] Brunon, semelin, spinellane [etc.]. 1869Phillips Vesuvius x. 300 Sphene—Semelina—occurs in ejected blocks with icespar. |