Min. [f. corindon, CORUNDUM.] An early name of Corundum or Adamantine Spar; by some mineralogists used as a name of the species: see CORUNDUM 2.
1802. W. Nicholson, Jrnl., I. 151. Corindon or Adamantine Spar from Philadelphia.
1829. Nat. Philos., I. Gloss. (Useful Knowl. Soc.), Corundum, or Corindon, a stone found in India and China.
