Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Colophonite \Col"o*pho*nite\ (k[o^]l"[-o]*f[-o]*n[imac]t or
   k[-o]*l[o^]f"[-o]*n[imac]t), n. [Cf. F. colophonite. So named
   from its resemblance to the color of colophony.] (Min.)
   A coarsely granular variety of garnet.