Min. [a. F. staurolite (Delamétherie, 1792): see STAURO- and -LITE.]

1

  † 1.  = HARMOTOME. Obs.

2

1796.  Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), I. 282. Staurolite, or cross stone of St. Andreasberg in the Hartz.

3

1837.  Dana, Min., 277. Harmotome, Vulcanus gemellus.… Staurolite.

4

  2.  Silicate of aluminum and iron, of yellowish brown to dark brown color, found frequently in cruciform twins.

5

1815.  Aikin, Min. (ed. 2), 189.

6

1888.  Rutley, Rock-Forming Min., 163. Staurolite occurs chiefly in the crystalline schists.

7

  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.

8

  Hence Staurolitic a.

9

1830.  Dana, Man. Geol. (ed. 3), 237. Staurolitic mica schist.

10