torbernite Min.
(ˈtɔːbənaɪt)
Also torberite.
[ad. Ger. torbernit (Werner 1792), orig. torberit, f. Torbernus, latinized form of the name of the chemist Torber Bergmann: see -ite1.]
A native phosphate of uranium and copper, found in bright green tabular crystals; also called copper-uranite, and (erroneously) chalcolite.
| 1852 Brooke & Miller Phillips Introd. Min. 517 Torberite.—Uranite (in part)..is found in attached crystals, massive, and investing other minerals, in veins in slate and in granite. 1868 Dana Min. 585 Torbernite. |