Min. [f. name of the Swedish traveller Ekeberg + -ITE.] An important member of the scapolite family occurring in square prisms of a white, greyish, greenish or reddish color.
1822. Cleveland, Min., 359. [Ekebergite of Thomson] is probably a variety of scapolite.
1884. Dana, Min., 325. It is probable that the mineral is an altered ekebergite.