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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DANALITE

Da "na *lite, n. Etym: [Named after James Dwight Dana. ] (Min. )

 

Defn: A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glicinum, containing sulphur.