[ad. L. batrachītes a., Gr. βατραχίτης (λίθος), f. Gr. βάτραχ-ος frog; see -ITE.] a. A stone or gem resembling a frog in color. b. A fossil batrachian.
[1727. Chambers, Cycl., Batrachites, a kind of gem, found in Egypt.]
1837–68. Dana, Min., 256, s.v. Monticellite, Batrachite is found in small masses containing black spinel, at Mt. Rinzoni in the Tyrol.
1847. in Craig.
