troilite

English

Noun

troilite (plural troilites)

  1. (mineralogy) A non-magnetic variety of the ferrous sulfide mineral pyrrhotite that occurs in most meteorites

Further reading
  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Troilite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “troilite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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