christianite Min.
(ˈkrɪstjənaɪt)
[See quot. 1868.]
a. A variety of anorthite. † b. A proposed synonym of phillipsite.
| 1826 Amer. Jrnl. Sc. XI. 263 The color of Christianite is rarely yellow. 1868 Dana Min. (1880) 340 Christianite was named by Monticelli and Covelli after the prince Christian Friedrick of Denmark, who explored Vesuvius with them. |