† ˈsommite1 Min. Obs.
[f. Mt. Somma near Naples + -ite1 2 b.]
Nephelite.
| 1805 R. Jameson Min. II. 565 Sommite... Its colour is greyish-white. 1823 W. Phillips Min. (ed. 3) 125 The Sommite usually occurs in grains, or in small regular hexahedral prisms. 1837 Dana Min. 291 Nepheline, Spatum hexagonum... Sommite. |