Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Selenite

Selenite , noun

(Chemistry) A salt of selenious acid.

Selenite , noun

[Latin selenites, Greek {not transcribed} (sc. {not transcribed}), from selh`nh the moon. So called from a fancied resemblance in luster or appearance to the moon.]

(Mineralogy) A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.