klaprotholite Min.
(klæˈprəʊtəlaɪt)
[f. as prec. + -lite. Changed in 1872 from klaprothite, the name given by Petersen in 1868.]
A sulphide of bismuth and copper related to Wittichenite, occurring in steel-grey orthorhombic crystals.
| 1872 G. J. Brush in Dana's Min. App. i. 8 Klaprotholite is generally associated with a cobalt-tetrahedrite... The name klaprothite was given to lazulite by Beudant in 1824, we therefore change Petersen's name to klaprotholite. |