Min. [f. Gr. σμήλη soap + -ITE1 2 b. Named by E. F. Glocker, 1845.] = KAOLINITE.
1850. Ansted, Elem. Geol., Min., etc. 188. The following are, also, hydrous silicates of alumina—Pholerite … Gröppite, and Smelite.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., Smelite, an aluminic silicate from Telkebanya in Hungary.
