† cerasinen.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French kerasine.
Etymology: < French kerasine (Beudant, 1832), irregularly < ancient Greek κέρας horn (see cerato- comb. form) + French -ine -ine suffix4.
Mineralogy.
Obsolete.
1852 C. U. Shepard 441 An old name for both mendipite and phosgenite, which were formerly not separated.
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