Min. [Named, 1828, after DeWitt Clinton: see -ITE.] A variety (or a synonym) of SEYBERTITE.
1831. Amer. Jrnl. Sc., XIX. 159. Dr. Torrey presented bronzite (Clintonite) from Orange Co.
1843. L. C. Beck, Min. N. Y., 362. The name clintonite was given it by the discoverers in honor of De Witt Clinton.
1868. in Dana, Min.