Phillipsite \Phil"lips*ite\, n. [So named after John Phillips,
an English mineralogist.] (Min.)
(a) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a
zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin
crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also
{christianite}.
phillipsite
n : a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the
zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of
calcium and potassium and aluminum