Min. [f. Erin the ancient name of Ireland + -ITE.] A green arseniate of copper found in Cornwall and in some parts of Ireland.
1828. Phil. Mag., Ser. II. IV. 155. The colour of erinite is a beautiful emeral green.
1843. Portlock, Geol., 221. Erinite occurs in small nodules in a soft wacke at Ballintry.
1887. Dana, Manual Min., 153. Erinite occurs in emerald-green mammillinated coatings.
