phillipsite n 1: a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum
Phillipsite \Phil"lips*ite\, n. [So named after John Phillips, an English mineralogist.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also {christianite}. [1913 Webster]