Min. [ad. G. szaboit (1878), named in honor of Prof. J. Szabo of Budapest.] A variety of hypersthene.
1883. Encycl. Brit., XVI. 417/1.
1892. Dana, Min., 350. Szaboite occurs in thin tabular crystals ; it was first described as triclinic and a relation to babingtonite suggested, but its identity, with hypersthene was later fixed by Lasaulx.