meliphanite Min.
(mɛˈlɪfənaɪt)
Also ˈmeliphane.
[f. Gr. µέλι ‘honey’ + ϕαν-, ϕαίνεσθαι to appear + -ite.
Named by Dana, in allusion to its colour, after leucophane, -phanite; the earlier name (Scheerer 1852) was melinophan, prob. f. µήλινος meline a.1]
Fluo-silicate of glucinum, calcium and sodium.
| 1867 Dana in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. Ser. ii. XLIV. 405 note, Meliphane (melinophane) appears to bear the same relation in form and constitution to phenacite, as Leucophane to Chrysolite. 1868 ― Syst. Min. (ed. 5) II. 263 Meliphanite. |