Min. [Named from Xiphonia, an ancient city in Sicily, where found: see -ITE1.] A variety of amphibole, occurring in minute light yellow crystals in cavities of a volcanic rock.
1899. Dana, Syst. Min., App. I. 3. Xiphonite is a name given by G. Platania … to a variety occurring in minute crystals with hematite in cavities of a slag-like rock.
