Min. Obs. [f. SODA1 + -ITE1 2 b.] A variety of nephelite or wernerite.
c. 1830. Encycl. Metrop. (1845), VI. 489/2. Elaolite. Fettstein. Lythrodes. Sodaite.
1846. Penny Cycl., Suppl. II. 305/1. Ekebergite (Sodaite) does not occur crystallized.
