Min. [Properly *synchysite, f. Gr. σύγχυσις confusion + -ITE1. (For the reason of the name see quot.)] A fluocarbonate of cerium and calcium, occurring in minute yellow crystals.
1909. Dana & Ford, Dana’s Syst. Min., App. II. 102. Synchisite…. Crystals minute, often in loose aggregates…. Composition, CeFCaC2O6…. From Narsarsuk, So. Greenland…. Named from σύγχυσις, confounded, in allusion to its being mistaken for parisite.
