szaboite Min.
(ˈsæbəʊaɪt)
[ad. G. szaboit (1878), named in honour of Prof. J. Szabo of Budapest.]
A variety of hypersthene.
| 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 417/1. 1892 Dana Min. 350 Szaboite occurs in thin tabular crystals..; it was first described as triclinic and a relation to babingtonite suggested, but its identity with hypersthene was later fixed by Lasaulx. |