Min. [f. Sparta in New Jersey, its locality, + -LITE.] Red oxide of zinc; zincite.
1843. Penny Cycl., XXVII. 781/2. Oxide of Zinc and Oxide of Manganese;… Spartalite.—Occurs in embedded small nodules and massive.
1856. Dana, Min. (ed. 3), 136. Spartalite … occurs in lamellar masses and grains of a fine deep red colour.
