† towanite Min.
(ˈtaʊənaɪt)
[Named 1852, from Huel Towan in Cornwall: see -ite1.]
An obsolete synonym for chalcopyrite.
| 1852 Brooke & Miller Phillips' Introd. Min. 182 Bornite..occurs in beds and veins in the older rocks with towanite [etc.]. 1878 Gurney Crystallogr. 79 Towanite or Copper Pyrites is a double sulphide of copper and iron. |