Min. [Named by Glöcker 1847; f. Gr. χάλυβ- steel + -ITE.] A synonym of SIDERITE, or native carbonate of iron.
1858. Dana, Min., 445. Chalybite occurs in many of the rock strata. Ibid. (1868), 691. Chalybite should yield to Haidinger’s earlier name Siderite.
