aphrodite,n.2Min.|ˈæfrəʊdaɪt| [f.Gr. ἀϕροδίτη (seeprec.), taken as a mineral name from its ending -ite, in sense of foam-stone, aphrite being already occupied.] A soft opaque milk-white mineral, consisting mostly of bisilicate of magnesium, allied to Sepiolite or meerschaum. 1837–68Dana Min. 457.