Min. [Named by Clarke, 1818, after J. F. Lee, from whom it was received; see -LITE.] A waxy-looking variety of orthoclase.
1818. Ann Philos., IX. 367. Specimens of Leelite are at present more common than those of petalite.
1868. Dana, Min. (ed. 5), 356. Leelite … is a deep, flesh-red variety.
