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Titanite vs Castellite - What's the difference?

titanite | castellite |

As nouns the difference between titanite and castellite

is that titanite is (mineralogy) a mixed calcium and titanium neosilicate, ca]]tisi[[oxygen|o5, once known as sphene while castellite is a clear yellow form of the crystalline mineral titanite or sphene, occurring in very small, thin, tubular crystals.

titanite

English

Noun

(wikipedia titanite) (-)
  • (mineralogy) A mixed calcium and titanium neosilicate, Ca]]TiSi[[oxygen, O5, once known as sphene.
  • castellite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A religious group in western North Carolina during the late 19th century. Mormon missionaries encountered them and found that they were enemies, not converts.
  • * 1913 , Horace Kephart, Our Southern Highlanders
  • Of late years Mormon missionaries from Utah have reaped a rich harvest in this region, and in parts of counties a peculiar sect, known as Castellites', has arisen whose exercises seem to be of a highly emotional character, as it is a common remark that every one who joins the ' Castellites goes crazy.
  • A resident of .
  • * 2001 , Richard Zelade, Hill Country
  • Life here was not easy. For the first couple of years, Castellites depended heavily on supplies and support from the people of Fredericksburg, who had problems enough of their own. A round trip to Fredericksburg—about 50 miles—took 4 days.

    References

    * Our Southern Highlanders Kephart, Horace. (1913) in Chapter XII: Home Folks And Neighbor People, p. 270. Accessed online August 6, 2007. * Mountaineer As Religious excerpt from the Kephart book hosted at West North Carolina Heritage site. Accessed online August 6, 2007. * Lyman Wight's Mormon Colony in Texas excerpt from "Mormon Trails" chapter in Hill Country travel guide by Richard Zelade (2001). Accessed online August 6, 2007. English proper nouns