Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Triphylite \Triph"y*lite\, n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? a family,
   class. So called in allusion to its containing three
   phosphates.] (Min.)
   A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color, consisting of
   the phosphates of iron, manganese, and lithia.

   Note: A salmon-colored or clove-brown variety containing but
         little iron is known as lithiophilite.