Min. Obs. [f. Vorau in Styria + -LITE. Named in 1806.] = LAZULITE.
c. 1840. Encycl. Metrop. (1845), VI. 481/1. Azurite. Klaprothite. Tyrolite. Voroulite . Occurs in attached crystals and massive.
1852. Brande, Dict. Sci. (ed. 2), App. 1421. Voraulite, a mineralogical name of the ferro-magnesian phosphate of alumina, a species of blue-spar, or lazulite.