Min. [ad. G. stilpnosiderit (Ullmann 1814), f. Gr. στιλπνό-ς (see prec.) + σίδηρος iron: see -ITE.] ‘An obsolete synonym of LIMONITE’ (Chester).
1823. W. Phillips, Min. (ed. 3), 227. Stilpnosiderite … is described as occurring in oblique quadrangular prisms.
1866. Lawrence, trans. Cotta’s Rocks Classified (1878), 58.
