See Also: troilite(medicine)
troilite(dictionary)

palaeocrystic (iou) and troilite (iou)


palaeocrystic (iou)



palaeocrystic adjective. Also *paleocrystic. L19.
[from PALAEO- + Greek krustallos ice + -IC.]
Designating or consisting of polar ice that is old (orig., ice believed to have remained frozen from remote ages, now, ice more than about ten years old).

troilite (iou)



troilite noun. M19.
[from Domenico Troili, 18th-cent. Italian scientist, who described a meteorite containing this mineral which fell in 1766: see -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A non-magnetic hexagonal form of ferrous sulphide occurring in meteorites.