Min. Also erron. terratolite (Cent. Dict.). [ad. Ger. teratolith (Glocker, 1839), f. Gr. τέρας, τερατ- marvel, prodigy + λίθος stone (see -LITE), in allusion to the earlier names Saxonische wundererde and terra miraculosa Saxoniæ (C. Richter, 1732), due to its supposed sovereign virtues.] An impure clay-like hydrous silicate of aluminium, allied to pholerite.
1868. Dana, Min., 473. A. Knop holds (Jahrb. Min. 1859, 546) that the teratclite is an impure lithomarge-like pholerite.
