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LEUCOXENE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Leu*cox"ene\ (l[-u]*k[o^]ks"[=e]n), n. [Leuco- + Gr.
xe`nos stranger.] (Min.)
A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with
titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the
alteration of titanic iron.
 

 

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