Chem. rare. [f. as prec. + -ITE. So F. vanadite.] (See quot.)
1835. Partington’s Brit. Cycl. Arts & Sci., II. 859/1. Oxide of vanadium … combines with bases, and forms salts, which may be called vanadites.
1858. T. Graham, Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2), II. 174. The insoluble vanadites, when moistened or covered with water, become green.
