Min. [See quot. 1868.] a. A variety of ANORTHITE. † b. A proposed synonym of PHILLIPSITE.
1826. Amer. Jrnl. Sc., XI. 263. The color of Christianite is rarely yellow.
1868. Dana, Min. (1880), 340. Christianite was named by Monticelli and Covelli after the prince Christian Friedrick of Denmark, who explored Vesuvius with them.
Christianite, -tie, obs. ff. CHRISTIANITY.
