troilite

[troh-uh-lahyt, troi-lahyt]

noun

1. a mineral, iron sulfide, FeS, occurring in meteorites.

Word History and Origins

Origin of troilite¹

1865–70; named after D. Troili, 18th-century Italian savant who described a meteorite containing it. See -ite ¹

Example Sentences

In situ determination of iodine content and iodine-xenon systematics in silicates and troilite phases in chondrules from the LL3 chondrite Semarkona.

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The fragments contain a standard number of minerals, including olivine, pyroxene, troilite and kamacite.

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The lonsdaleite fragments contain smaller inclusions of iron sulphides and iron-nickel alloys, troilite and taenite, which are also characteristic meteorite minerals.

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