Min. In the obs. sense 1 later corrected to ledererite. [Named after Baron Louis von Lederer: see -ITE.]
† 1. A synonym of gmelinite. Obs.
1829. C. T. Jackson, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci., XVI. 207. It is the same mineral which has been … termed Lederite. Ibid. (1834), XXV. 80. We propose for this mineral, the name of Ledererite, in honor of the Austrian ambassador to the United States.
2. A brown variety of titanite, with splendent luster.
1840. C. U. Shepard, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci., XXXIX. 360. I shall bespeak for them the name of Lederite.
1892. Dana, Min., 714. Lederite, brown, opaque, or subtranslucent.
