Min. [a. F. yanolithe, ? f. Gr. ἴανθος violet: see -LITE.] = AXINITE.
1850. Ansted, Elem. Geol., Min., etc. § 438. Axinite, Thumite, Yanolite. In violet crystals, remarkable as one of the few representative forms of the unsymmetrical oblique prism.
1868. Dana, Min. (ed. 5), 299.
