sageniteMin.|səˈdʒiːnaɪt| [Named by H. B. de Saussure, 1796: f.Gr. σαγήνη net + -ite.] A variety of rutile in which slender crystals are interlaced, forming a network. 1802Thomson Syst.Chem. IV. 120. Hence sageˈnitica., of or belonging to sagenite (Cassell's Encycl.Dict.).