Æs'chy-nite, n.

(ĕs'kĭ-), n. [So named by Berzelius, from Gr. αἰσχύνη, shame, on account of the inability of chemical science, at that time, to distinguish between titanic acid and zirconia.] (Min.) A black or dark brownish-yellow ore, from the Ural Mountains, containing titanium, zirconium, and cerium. Dana.