Min. Obs. [a. F. spinthère, f. Gr. σπινθήρ spark.] = SPHENE.
1805. R. Jameson, Char. Min., II. 568. Spinthere…. Its colour is greenish.
1821. Ure, Dict. Chem., Spinthere … occur in the department of Isere in France, incrusting calcareous spar crystals.
1836. T. Thomson, Min., Geol., etc. I. 151. Sphene,… semelin, spinellane, spinthere.
