La apofilita es un conjunto de minerales filosilicatos que se agrupan en esta denominación, considerados por la Asociación Mineralógica Internacional desdes 1978 como minerales distintos con el mismo nombre según sustituciones de unos cationes por otros. El nombre deriva del griego ἀπό (apo = lejos de) y φύλλον (phyllos = hoja), en alusión a la forma en que se exfolia cuando se calienta. Sinónimos en español: apophyllita, brünichita, brünnikita, ichthyophthalmita, leucocyclita, oxhaverita, oxheverita o tesselita. Fue descrito por René Just Haüy, en 1806.

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The name apophyllite refers to a specific group of phyllosilicates, a class of minerals. Originally, the group name referred to a specific mineral, but was redefined in 1978 to stand for a class of minerals of similar chemical makeup that comprise a solid solution series, and includes the members apophyllite-(KF), apophyllite-(KOH), and apophyllite-(NaF). The name apophyllite is derived from the Greek ἀπόΦυλλίςο apophylliso, meaning "it flakes off", a reference to this class's tendency to flake apart when heated, due to water loss. These minerals are typically found as secondary minerals in vesicles in basalt or other volcanic rocks. A recent change in the nomenclature system used for this group was approved by the International Mineralogical Association, removing the prefixes from the species names and using suffixes to designate the species. Though relatively unfamiliar to the general public, apophyllites are fairly prevalent around the world, with specimens coming from some of the world's most well-known mineral localities. These localities include: Jalgaon, India; the Harz Mountains of Germany, Mont Saint-Hilaire in Canada, and Kongsberg, Norway, with other locations in Scotland, Ireland, Brazil, Japan, and throughout the United States.

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