Min. [a. F. triphane (Haüy, 1801), f. Gr. τριφανής appearing threefold; so called from exhibiting three lustrous cleavages (Littré, Suppl.).] A synonym of SPODUMENE.
1816. P. Cleaveland, Min., 251, note. Spodumene. Jameson. Triphane, Hauy.
1819. Gentl. Mag., May, 448/2. Triphane has been recently found by Dr. MacCulloch in the granite of Glen Elg.
1850. Ansted, Elem. Geol., Min., etc., § 415. Spodumene or Triphane, another felspathic mineral, with a yet larger proportion of silicate of lithia in the place of silicate of potash.
