Min. Also cornean, -een. [f. L. corne-us horny + -INE.] = APHANITE.
1839. Murchison, Silur. Syst., I. xxx. 401. They consist of greenstones … together with much compact felspar rock (corneen).
1865. Page, Handbk. Geol. Terms, Córnean.… An igneous rock, so called from its tough, compact, and horn-like texture.
1868. Dana, Min., 248. Aphanyte (or corneine) is like diabase, but is without distinct grains.
