wiserine, wiserite (w as v)

[After Herr Wiser of Zurich; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Mineralogy : 1. A name given by Kenngott to a mineral occurring in small square prisms with square pyramids implanted on crystals of iron-glance ("eisenrose"). The same as XENOTIME (q. v.). 2 A mineral occurring in somewhat complex crystal-forms sent to Klein under this name was found to be Anatase (q.v.). Found implanted on the sides of fi ures of the schists of the Binnenthal, Wallis, Switzerland. 3. The same as RHODOCHROSITE (q. v.).