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Webster 1913 Edition


Pleonaste

Ple′o-naste

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Noun.
[Gr.[GREEK] abundant, rich; cf. F.
pl
onaste
.]
(Min.)
A black variety of spinel.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pleonaste

PLE'ONASTE

,
Noun.
[Gr. abundant; from its four facets, sometimes found on each solid angle of the octahedron.]
A mineral, commonly considered as a variety of the spinelle ruby. [See Ceylonite.]

Definition 2024


pleonaste

pleonaste

See also: pléonaste

English

Noun

pleonaste (plural pleonastes)

  1. (mineralogy) A black variety of spinel.