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Mindat Short Description

Pyrrhotite Group. Chemically the S-analogue of achávalite. Also chemically the Fe analogue of covellite, which has the same space group.

Troilite, a native iron protosulphide, and related to the species pyrrhotite (monoclinic or hexagonal Fe1-xS; x ...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Haidinger M W (1863) Der Meteorit von Albareto im k. k. Hof-Mineraliencabinet, vom Jahre 1766, und der Troilit, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 47, 283-298

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

FeS

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Fe²⁺S^2-

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/troilite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Troilite.shtml