Min. [a. F. staurotide (Haüy, 1801), app. f. Gr. σταυρωτός cruciform, f. σταυρός cross.] = STAUROLITE 2.
1802. T. Thomson, Syst. Chem., III. 459. Granatite. Staurotide of Hauy.
1804. R. Jameson, Min., I. 76. Grenatite…. Staurotide.
1837. Dana, Min., 356. Staurotide is very abundant throughout the mica slate of New England.
1881. Church Times, 669/2. Staurotides, cruciform crystals of basalt probably supposed to bring good to the possessor.
