[f. COLOPHON-Y + -ITE, from its resembling colophony.] A brown or reddish variety of garnet, with resinous luster.
1808. Allan, Names of Min., 21. Colophonite, Karsten, a species of garnet.
1878. Lawrence, trans. Cotta’s Rocks Class., 34. Colophonite and Melanite are … chiefly distinguished by their colour and different degrees of transparency.
