corindon Min.
(kəʊˈrɪndɒn)
[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. |