alabandite Min.
(æləˈbændaɪt)
[f. Alabanda (see prec.) + -ite, as being perhaps the Alabandina of the ancients, whence the synonym alabandine.]
A native sulphate of manganese, called also Manganblende of iron-black colour, and sub-metallic lustre, occurring, massive, or crystallized in cubes and octohedrons, in Mexico, Transylvania, etc. Dana.