wernerite Min.
(ˈwɜːnəraɪt)
[Named in honour of A. G. Werner the German mineralogist: see -ite.]
Silicate of aluminium and calcium, the most important member of the scapolite group.
| 1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 205 Wernerite is generally reddish. 1823 H. J. Brooke Crystallogr. 489 Scapolite..Wernerite. 1851 Mantell Petrifactions iv. §1. 364 Felspathic substances. Triphane;..Wernerite. |