Min. [a. F. ceylanite, f. Ceylan, Fr. form of Ceylon; see -ITE.] A ferruginous variety of spinel from Ceylon; Iron-Magnesia Spinel.
1802. Bournon, in Phil. Trans., XCII. 318. The stone called Ceylanite, by Mr. La Metherie … is also sometimes found in the sand of Ceylon.
1804. R. Jameson, Syst. Min., 79. The ceylanite which is here mentioned.
1884. Dana, Min., 174. Ceylonite, or iron-magnesia spinel.
