troostite

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English

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Etymology

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Troost +‎ -ite, after Dr. Gerard Troost of Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Noun

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troostite (countable and uncountable, plural troostites)

  1. (mineralogy) The mineral willemite with manganese.

Further reading

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Troostite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “troostite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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