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troilite

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tro·i·lite  (tr-lt, troilt)
n.
A nonmagnetic variety of the mineral pyrrhotite, FeS, present in almost all meteorites and having almost no ferrous iron deficiency.
[After D. Troili, 18th-century Italian scientist.]
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