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A white or colored crystalline mineral, a variety of willemite, in which the zinc is partly replaced by manganese.

[After Gerard Troost (1776-1850), Dutch-born American geologist.]

troostite [ˈtruːstaɪt]

(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a reddish or greyish mineral that is a variety of willemite in which some of the zinc is replaced by manganese

[named after Gerard Troost (died 1850), US geologist]

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