ˈcanaanite,n.2Min. A variety of pyroxene consisting of a greyish- or bluish-white rock, found near Canaan, Ct., U.S. 1844W. Phillips Min. 89 Canaanite occurs very extensively at Canaan, Ct.1868Dana Min. (1880) 803 Canaanite is a whitish pyroxene rock..and constitutes ridges.