Min. Also -yte. [f. Limburg, a Belgian province + -ITE.] A semi-glassy rock consisting of olivin and augite with some magnetite and apatite.
1882. Dana, Man. Min. & Lithol., 453. Limburgyte.
1897. Geikie, Anc. Volcanoes Gt. Brit., I. 31. The basic series includes Dolerites,… Limburgites … and Pierites.
