Min. [f. the name of C. H. Turner + -ITE1.] A variety of monazite, occurring in yellow or brown crystals.
1823. A. Levy, in Ann. Philos., V. 242. Mr. Heuland has proposed to me to call it Turnerite, from the name of the gentleman in whose collection it was first noticed as a distinct species.
1850. Ansted, Elem. Geol., Min., etc., § 441. Turnerite: Aluminate of lime and magnesia.
1868. Dana, Min. (ed. 5), 540. Turnerite is isomorphous with monazite, and like it in cleavage and color…. It is known only in rare crystals…. Lustre adamantine; color yellow or brown.
