Min. Also stassfurthite. [Named (Ger. stassfurtit) in 1856 after Stassfurt in Prussia, its locality: see -ITE.] A massive variety of boracite.
1858. J. Nicol, Elem. Mineral., 212. Stassfurthite.
1865. P. H. Lawrence, Lithol., 95. Boracite (Stassfurtite).
