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
  • “Troilite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “troilite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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