iodyrite Min.
(aɪˈɒdɪraɪt)
[f. iod-ine, after argyrite; substituted by Dana for the earlier name iodite.]
Native iodide of silver, a sectile mineral, usually of a yellow colour, occurring in Mexico, Chile, etc.
| 1854 Dana Min. (ed. 4) 95. 1892 Ibid. 160 Iodyrite is homomorphous with greenockite. |