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troilite

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈtɹɔɪlaɪt/

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noun

Meaning 1

A non-magnetic variety of the ferrous sulfide mineral pyrrhotite that occurs in most meteorites

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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History

Etymology

From Troili + -ite, after Domenico Troili.