Min. [Named by Esmark, 1840, f. late Gr. λευκοφάνης, f. λευκό-ς white + φαν-, φαίνεσθαι to appear, from its often showing whitish reflections.] Silicate of glucium, calcium, and sodium. Also Leucophanite.
1844. Dana, Min., 235. Leucophane occurs in syenite with albite. Ibid. (1868), (ed. 5), 260. Leucophanite…, crystals tabular and nearly rectangular.
1891. T. S. Hunt, Min. Phys., 327. With these is also placed leucophanite.
