yanoliteMin.|ˈjænəʊlaɪt| [a. F. yanolithe, ? f.Gr. ἴανθος violet: see -lite.] = axinite. 1850Ansted Elem.Geol., Min. etc. §438 Axinite, Thumite, Yanolite. In violet crystals, remarkable as one of the few representative forms of the unsymmetrical oblique prism.1868Dana Min. (ed. 5) 299.