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troostite|ˈtruːstaɪt| [Named after Prof. G. Troost of Nashville, Tennessee: see -ite1.] 1. Min. A variety of willemite, with admixture of iron and manganese, occurring in reddish hexagonal crystals.
1835C. U. Shepard Treat. Min. II. 247 Troostite..is found at Sterling (N.J.) associated with Franklinite. 1850Ansted Elem. Geol., Min. etc. §448 Troostite, or Troolite, is a variety [of Bi-silicate of Manganese] containing iron. 1868Dana Min. (ed. 5) 262 Willemite..Silicate of Zinc... The crystals of..New Jersey are often quite large, and pass under the name of troostite. 2. Metallurgy. A transitional constituent of steel: cf. martensite, pearlite 2, sorbite2.
1902Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 572/2 Austenite, troostite, sorbite, and other constituents [of iron] have also been described. Hence troostitic |-ˈɪtɪk| a., pertaining to or consisting of troostite (Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909). |