Min. [a. F. staurolite (Delamétherie, 1792): see STAURO- and -LITE.]
† 1. = HARMOTOME. Obs.
1796. Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), I. 282. Staurolite, or cross stone of St. Andreasberg in the Hartz.
1837. Dana, Min., 277. Harmotome, Vulcanus gemellus. Staurolite.
2. Silicate of aluminum and iron, of yellowish brown to dark brown color, found frequently in cruciform twins.
1815. Aikin, Min. (ed. 2), 189.
1888. Rutley, Rock-Forming Min., 163. Staurolite occurs chiefly in the crystalline schists.
attrib. and Comb. 1879. Rutley, Stud. Rocks, xiv. 292. Staurolite slate is a dark micaceous slate containing crystals of staurolite. Ibid. (1888), Rock-Forming Min., 201. The staurolite-bearing schists of Brittany.
Hence Staurolitic a.
1830. Dana, Man. Geol. (ed. 3), 237. Staurolitic mica schist.