Min. Obs. [a. F. thallite (J. C. Delamétherie, 1792), f. Gr. θάλλ-ειν to flourish, bloom, or θαλλός young, shoot (in allusion to its color) + -ITE1.] A rejected name for EPIDOTE occurring in yellowish-green crystals.
1802. Bournon, in Phil. Trans., XCII. 291. The substance called thallite (the epidote of the Abbé Hauy).
1868. Dana, Min. (ed. 5), 284. Thallite … was rejected because it was based on a varying character, color.
